Room Tenants Housing Cost Allowance

As a room tenant you may send in an on-line application for a Room Tenants Housing Cost Allowance (Tegemoetkoming Woonlasten Kamerverhuur; TWK)

Introduction

Are you a room tenant and do you share facilities like a bathroom, toilet or kitchen with other residents? And are municipal taxes (waste collection and sewerage charges) included in the rent or service charges you pay? Then you could apply for the Room Tenants Housing Cost Allowance (TWK) until December 31, 2024.

Conditions

You must comply with the following conditions for 2024:

  • In 2024 you rented a dependent housing unit in the municipality of Delft during the entire year. It concerns a house in which you share facilities like a kitchen, toilet and shower with other tenants
  • You have a minimum income and limited assets
  • You may apply for an allowance only for costs on-charged to you
  • Your rent also includes municipal waste collection and sewerage charges (Rioolafvoerrecht en Afvalstoffenheffing)
  • The municipal charges relate to the current year
  • You can prove that the municipal charges are included in your rent (by way of a specification of rent or tenancy contract)

Income 

Your income must not exceed the social minimum (social assistance benefit level; bijstandsnorm). Basis for assessment is your income over January 2024.

Social assistance benefit level (bijstandsnorm) as per 1 January 2024
Social assistance benefit up to 65€ 1,283.83
Social person over 65€ 1,425.76
Single parent up to 65€ 1,283.83
Single parent over 65+€ 1,425.76
Couples, both partners up to 65€ 1,834.04
Couples, one or both partners over 65 € 1,932.32
Couples, both 65+€ 1,834.04

Evidence

  • Copy of ID
  • The tenancy contract for the room you rented in 2024
  • Specification of your rent or a notice of a rent increase stating the municipal charges included in your rent
  • Recent bank statements from yourself and/or your partner showing the last rental payment
  • Financial annual overview 2023 from your bank (payment and savings details)
  • Your salary slips from January 2024 and/or overview of your payment details student finance (DUO) specification (monthly amount) as of January 1, 2024 (no bank statements)
  • Policy of your health insurance for the year 2024
  • Overview of your payment details of student finance (DUO) January 2024, (overview of balance of loans and college credit)

If applicable, include the following additional documents:

  • Car registration licence and date of registration in your name
  • Bank statements of shares/options packages/investments as per January 1, 2024
  • Proof of 2024 housing allowance being granted by the tax department (Bewijs van toekenning huurtoeslag 2024)
  • Proof of 2024 healthcare allowance being granted by the tax department (Bewijs van toekenning zorgtoeslag 2024)
  • Decision on repayment obligation of tax debts 2024 and/or debt overview of other debts including supporting documents