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The Hague s housing chief calls for a brake on expat numbers
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The Hague wants expats to find a home before they arrive in the city
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The municipality of The Hague is introducing a mandatory rental permit to tackle bad landlords faster. To obtain a rental permit, the landlord must meet several conditions, including a proper rental contract, a maintenance plan for the dwelling, and the rent must correspond to the rent check, Omroep West reports.
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A large proportion of rental housing agents in The Hague are prepared to discriminate against potential tenants on the grounds of their ethnic background or sexual preference, according to research carried out on behalf of the city council.
In total, 50 rental housing agents were phoned and asked by researchers posing as landlords if they could guarantee no-one from an ethnic minority or who was homosexual could rent their property.
Just 22 of the 50 agents declined to cooperate. The rest said either that it would not be a problem, or that they would help, even though it was not technically allowed.