Important to know

The Home Finder

In this article, we show you some questions and their answers. Perhaps some of these questions resonate with you as well.

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Information about offering homes. 

• Am I allowed to refuse a home?

Yes, that is allowed. But sometimes it does have consequences.

For the wish module, the private sector module, or the immediately available module, the following applies:
- You may refuse a property. You

You can do this in writing or digitally. This has no consequences.

• Are you not responding to an offer?

Or do you fail to show up for a viewing where a corporation employee is present? Then you will not be able to apply for homes for 3 months.

For the emergency module, the following applies:
You cannot respond to housing offers for 12 months if you:

• Refuses an offered home.
• Does not respond to a housing offer.
• does not submit your details completely and on time.

During the period that you are unable to respond to a property:

• do you see a message when logging in.
• Are you building up registration time?
• You must renew and pay if you receive a notification about this.
  
  
• Who is being offered the house?

After the advertisement closes, the property in the wish module and the free sector module is offered to the candidate with the longest registration period.

Are there right-of-way rules?

Then they also determine the order.

The home in the emergency module is offered to the candidate who comes out first in the lottery.

The property in the Available for Rent module is offered to the candidate who responds first.

• Do I always have to respond to a housing offer?

Yes, you must. You can respond to an offer on 'My Overview'. There you indicate whether you accept or refuse the property.

Are you not passing anything on?

Then that will have consequences for you. Refusing a home in the emergency module also has consequences. See the text at the beginning of this article for more information.

• How is the lottery conducted in the accelerated module?

The lottery for the emergency housing is conducted by the computer.

• Does the candidate whose turn it is always get an assignment?

No, that is not always the case. The corporation may have a reason not to allocate. For example, if it turns out that:

• The income, after verification, is not appropriate for the home.
• There is rent arrears.
• It is a home in the emergency module and the candidate has not lived in the region for a consecutive year.
• Serious nuisance has been caused in the past.
• The priority rule stated in the advertisement is not being met.
• What happens to my registration if I accept a home?

If you accept a home, we will deregister you as a home seeker. Your registration period expires because you have found a home. You can always register again afterwards and build up registration time.

• How long do I have to wait for a home?

That is difficult to predict. It depends on your wishes and personal situation. In addition, our homes are allocated in different ways. This also affects the waiting time.

• Emergency housing is allocated by lottery. Registration duration plays no role in this. Everyone has an equal chance.
• For private sector and desirable homes, the registration period determines the order.
• In the 'available immediately' module, it is 'first come, first served'.

Under “ Recently rented ” (on the De Woningzoeker website),                    you can see the waiting time for a property that has been allocated.

Source: www.woningzoeker.nl

You can also find more information yourself on the aforementioned site. Click on “info and contact”, then scroll down a little with your mouse and you will see “questions and answers”. There you can click on one of the blue boxes. However, if you have questions for which you cannot find the answer, please contact Wetland Wonen.