Prompted by a 2009 European state-aid ruling and a parliamentary inquiry into corporation mismanagement, the 2015 revision of the Housing Act forced housing corporations back to their core public task. It separated state-supported services of general economic interest (DAEB) from commercial activities, required at least 90 percent of vacant regulated homes to go to lower-income households, and created an independent Housing Authority to supervise governance and finances. Corporations were obliged to align their plans with municipal housing visions. The reform tightened oversight after a period of overreach.
The 2015 Act redefined what Dutch housing corporations may do and reasserted public control over the largest social-rental sector in Europe.
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