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by cyberclimb 265 days ago
In the Netherlands from what I've seen (at least around Amsterdam) it's almost always forbidden for houses to be rented out to a group of flatmates (e.g. students), some people go so far as to fake relationships to imply they're a couple instead.

I'm not sure if this an actual law but housing listings often imply its forbidden in the neighborhood, they're looking for couples and families with kids.
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lonelyasacloud 265 days ago
> In the Netherlands from what I've seen (at least around Amsterdam) it's almost always forbidden for houses to be rented out to a group of flatmates (e.g. students), some people go so far as to fake relationships to imply they're a couple instead.

The landlord believes that their property and their relationships with the neighbours of the property will be less likely to destroyed by letting the property to older/respected/settled down members of society. Common practice in most of UK as well.

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anal_reactor 265 days ago
The whole rental law is utterly fucked in the Netherlands, and the Dutch keep solving the issue of too many rules in typical Dutch fashion - by adding even more rules. The end result is that you have a huge number of people paying significantly below the market rate, which is great for them, but if you want a new contract, the answer is "nope, go be poor somewhere else".
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