Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning

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Construction site with buildings under construction in Nijmegen, 8 February 2023
Business
Government can't afford roads, railway to approved new neighborhoods with 30,000 homes
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Construction continues at the Binnenhof parliamentary complex in The Hague. 12 Feb. 2026
PoliticsBusiness
Binnenhof renovation costing 6 times more than budgeted, taking twice as long as planned
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An immigration checkpoint operated by the Marechaussee at Schiphol Airport. 13 December 2022
PoliticsBusiness
Four in ten Dutch worried about immigration and housing shortage, study shows
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Rooftop top-up: 44 senior dwellings built on rooftops of existing buildings in Klapwiek, Rotterdam
PoliticsBusiness
Netherlands set to spend tens of millions to stimulate housing construction
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Two people at a house viewing
PoliticsBusiness
Everyone can attend apartment viewings, but landlords still discriminate in decisions
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Housing construction in Urk, March 2020
Business
Netherlands needs to build 1.2 million homes by 2040, including 700,000 affordable ones
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Street with new built classic style homes in Rotterdam
Business
Private sector shrinking as landlords sell off rentals
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Mona Keijzer
Politics
MP's against gov't plan to relax the rental housing law; Parliament closes for election
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Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Crime
More far-right rioters found guilty of attacking police; No jail time
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Housing construction
Politics
"Doubtful" that government's €2.25 bil. construction incentive led to more homes
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Elk and deer in the Oostvaardersplassens nature reserve in Flevoland. July 2020
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Revised Dutch land use plan scales back protections for nature and agriculture
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Ridderhof, Parliament, The Hague
CrimePoliticsBusiness
Anti-immigration riots in The Hague caused €89,000 in damage to Binnenhof and D66 office
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Construction workers in Rotterdam
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch government designates 127 sites for 1.65 million new homes by 2050
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Parliament in the Netherlands
CrimePolitics
Far-Right riots in The Hague caused 55,000 euros in damage to Dutch parliament
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A woman is riding past urban greenery
HealthPoliticsBusinessTechNatureCultureLifestyle
Groningen aims to cover one-third of city with trees in 50-year plan
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Mona Keijzer
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch gov't planning four new neighborhoods with at least 3,500 homes each
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Politics
Council of State also critical of rent freeze for social tenants
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Business
Rent freeze endangers tenants' living conditions: Housing corporation authority
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
Business
Freezing social rents for 500,000 private landlord tenants "practically impossible"
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Social housing in Ypenburg, The Hague
PoliticsBusiness
Rent freeze will cut housing construction by 85,000; May not benefit all social tenants
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Building of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport in The Hague.
PoliticsTech
Major Dutch gov’t data leak includes private info from civil servants in all ministries
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Renovation of the Satellite at DNB headquarters
Business
Dutch conversion of vacant office buildings, shops into homes stalling
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Rental agreements becoming increasingly uncertain
Business
One-off rent reduction cost millions but impact was marginal
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An airplane landing at the Polderbaan at Schiphol Airport in 2021
PoliticsBusiness
Concentrating Schiphol noise pollution more could create room for housing construction