Housing

Finding long-term/permanent housing in Nijmegen can be extremely difficult en we recommend you start looking at the earliest opportunity, that is, even before you arrive in the Netherlands.

It is best to first inform Angela Heuts (heuts@vw.mpi.nl) about your housing search and preferences. She often receives offers for houses/apartments/rooms offered by private owners and she also might know of MPI employees who want to rent out their place.

If you are a PhD-student, you can register with the SSHN (Students’ Housing Foundation), which has apartments for students. However, you may have to wait several months to get one.

Useful websites for finding accommodation are Pararius, Funda, 24Living, Kamernet and Woninghuren.

Please also check the advertisements on notice-boards in the university, libraries, and supermarkets.

You can also contact housing agencies like B.P. Homeleasing, Dolfijn Wonen, Direct Wonen,  Executive Home Rentals, Kamer Beheer Service or Rotsvast.
Intermediaries like those provide a rapid, but quite expensive way of finding housing. First you have to pay a registration fee to get access to their database (in which address information has been masked to prevent you from contacting landlords directly). Then, if they succeed in securing a deal for you, they demand at least one months' worth of rent. Apartments offered by intermediaries like these are typically quite pricey. Due to liberalisation of the market, intermediaries are not bound by the house valuation system (outlined below) which effectively means that, contrary to student accommodation or private rooms, there is no upper limit to the amount that they may demand as rent.
A part of the rental contract are the Algemene Bepalingen huurovereenkomst woonruimte. If you would like to receive the english version of this please contact Angela Heuts.

The Dutch government has strict legislation surrounding the legal rights and obligations of tenants and landlords. More information about these is available on the website of the Rijksoverheid.

Many private apartments qualify for a rent-subsidy (Huurtoeslag) from the Dutch government that could significantly lower your monthly rent. To qualify you need to be registered with the municipality and you need to be in possession of a valid residence permit for the Netherlands. Please check the website of the Belastingdienst/Huurtoeslag for more information and conditions.