Tenants’ interest organization Woondbond and Aedes, the umbrella organization for housing corporations, are furious about the government’s plan to cut the rent allowance to fund two new laws. One of the laws is the Affordable Rent Act, which the two organizations called inexplicable.
The Dutch government is too expansive in its budgeting policy, reserving too little money for dealing with future crises and moving too many financial deficits forward for future Cabinets to deal with. The Council of State came to this conclusion after studying the Spring Memorandum, the government’s spring update to the national budget.
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After years of delay, the municipality of Amsterdam is finally giving the green light for a cable car connection over the IJ river between the Noord and West districts, sources told Parool. Construction should start in 2025, with the cable cars operating from 2027.
As part of the Spring Memorandum (voorjaarsnota), the Dutch government is postponing the plan for free childcare until 2027 and will scrap the STAP budget.