'New Law Threatens Housing for Status Holders and Worsens Housing Shortage'

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A ban on allocating social housing to status holders will only lead to more problems, according to Almere alderman for housing Paul Tang. "The municipalities have to clean up the mess."

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Amsterdam will continue to give status holders priority in the allocation of social housing, even now that the Lower House has explicitly prohibited this in the new Housing Act. This was announced by alderman Zita Pels (GroenLinks) of Housing in a fierce statement. The law, which was passed on Thursday, must put an end to the automatic priority for status holders at the expense of Dutch people on the waiting list.