Rent allowance Netherlands 2026: who gets huurtoeslag, the €932.93 rent limit and how to apply

In 2026 you must be 18 or older and meet every condition on the Belastingdienst list; the rent limit that applied up to 2025 is gone (Belastingdienst: conditions).

• Home: you rent an independent home under a rental agreement.
• Registration: you and everyone living with you are registered at that address, and you live in the Netherlands.
• Residence: you, your toeslagpartner (benefit partner) and co-residents aged 18 or older are Dutch or live in the Netherlands lawfully. Outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, you need a residence permit that gives a right to allowances (Belastingdienst: not Dutch).
• Money: your household’s income and assets are not too high.
• Proof: bank statements showing you pay the rent.

Your assets on 1 January 2026 may not be higher than €38,479, or €76,958 together with a benefit partner (Belastingdienst: assets).

• Co-residents: each may have at most €38,479. A child under 18 counts with you.
• What counts: savings, shares, a holiday home here or abroad. Not your own home or car.
• Too much on 1 January: no allowance for the whole year (Dienst Toeslagen).

Income: there is no fixed maximum. It depends on your rent, household size and ages. A partner’s and co-residents’ income counts; a subtenant’s does not (Dienst Toeslagen: income).

In 2026 you always pay about €200 of the rent yourself, and you get nothing over the part above €932.93 (Belastingdienst: how much).

• It depends on: your age, household, rent, income and assets.
• Lower income, higher rent: usually more allowance, but always less than your rent.

Use the official proefberekening (trial calculation, in Dutch) for your own figure.

It is paid every month: the November 2026 payment arrives on 20 October 2026 (Dienst Toeslagen).

You must report changes in your situation within 4 weeks, such as new income or someone moving in or out (Belastingdienst: conditions).

• Why people repay: the advance uses your estimated income. If the real income of your household is higher, you repay after the final calculation (Dienst Toeslagen: repaying). A payment plan is possible.
• Estimate a little high: if income ends up lower, you get the difference, unless you stopped the allowance (Dienst Toeslagen).
• Rent changes: landlords usually report the 1 July change. In the free sector or after a renovation, you report it yourself (Dienst Toeslagen).

Moving to a home abroad or to a home you buy: stop your huurtoeslag yourself in Mijn toeslagen within 4 weeks (Belastingdienst: stopping).

• You must live in the Netherlands: if you do not, you cannot get rent allowance (Dienst Toeslagen).
• Moving to another rental home here: no new application; report your new rent once your new address shows (Dienst Toeslagen: moving).