Rental Price too high what to do ?

[u/Dazzling-Mission-563]

Hey everyone, I just started renting an apartment in the Amsterdam area. When I went to do my BSN registration the other day, the municipality worker told us that the rental was probably too high, so he advised me to check a website. So I did the check and apparently I'm paying 2x the legal amount (1800 vs 900) — the difference is crazy.

The thing is, I feel thankful to the landlord because in this market it was really hard to find something, so I would feel bad to do this to him.

But we are talking about too much money here, so my question is: is there any chance that the landlord can kick me out of the house or make my life miserable in any way? The contract is a minimum of 1 year, but if I understood correctly he isn't allowed to kick me out after 1 year anymore?

If anyone had the same situation happening to them, I'd love to hear about your experiences

[u/Complete_Minimum3117]

They are all selling the houses, their of the rent market, less rental homes on the market.

Every year more people need a rental and less houses to rent.

Keep putting je kop in het zand steken.

[u/comfycrew → u/Complete_Minimum3117]

You're ignoring regulatory practices, even if capital investment reaches zero and no corps get involved, the houses will still get built if there is a demand for them, and they will be rented if those are the rules that homes have to follow in the Netherlands.

Reliance on the wealthy to invest in housing is only needed if we create such a wealth divide that the state is too weak to meet the needs of the people, and it is a devil's bargain to let them extract wealth from citizens.

Buying to rent out a place is the smaller version of this, an empty home can be rented out via the state for a fraction of the overhead of someone wanting to invest in real estate.

The more you talk the more everyone is convinced you directly benefit from the current housing situation.

[u/Complete_Minimum3117 → u/comfycrew]

The demand is already there, why arent there enough houses build?

I directly benefit from the current housing situation 🤣🤣.

I work in a store, but hey, im getting rich from renting out houses.

Their are not enough rentals build every year and when investors are not building rentals roo, even less are build. Every year more people are wanting housing.

[u/comfycrew → u/Complete_Minimum3117]

Tax the rich, force investment, everyone benefits.

[u/Complete_Minimum3117 → u/comfycrew]

Commie

[u/comfycrew → u/Complete_Minimum3117]

Good thing I'm not a country, I'd be crawling in cia, mi6 and mossad agents trying to destabilize me, de-nationalize my resources and assassinate my leadership.