Dutch housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan has confirmed that she will publish new plans to stimulate mid market rental construction after the summer recess. 

A number of Holland Metropole partners have signed an agreement to speed up the construction of between 7,500 and 8,000 homes in the Binckhorst redevelopment area in The Hague.

The Dutch residential property investment climate will get a boost from the Dutch government in the September budget, visitors to the Provada real estate fair in Amsterdam were told last week.

The new Dutch government says it is putting restoring international investor confidence at the heart of its strategy to solve the housing crisis. Developers say there is still more which could be done.

Dutch housing minister Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan has outlined several changes to current affordable housing legislation that she hopes will encourage more private landlords to offer rental properties in the Netherlands and boost housing supply by 100,000 units a year.

Dutch real estate trade fair Provada has introduced a new event for the June 2026 edition – a special day for international investors interested in finding out more about the Dutch residential real estate market.

The Hague city council has given the green light to plans to build 11,400 homes close to the Hollands Spoor railway station in the next stage of a project to redevelop a major part of the city centre.

International investors have plenty of opportunities for growth in the Netherlands, given that the housing shortage is increasing and rents are rising, according to research by Capital Value.

Eelco Eerenberg, in charge of housing and planning for Utrecht city council since 2019, has been sworn in as junior finance minister in the new Dutch government.

Ireland-born airforce general Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan is set to become housing minister in the new Dutch cabinet, where she will be tasked with tackling the housing shortage and encouraging international investors to return to the residential sector.

The new Dutch government has made increasing the housing supply the “top priority” of its four-year term, cutting the property transfer tax for investors from 8% to 7% and reiterating earlier government pledges to build 100,000 new homes a year. It has also pledged to shape legislation to improve the residential investment climate.

Holland Metropole partner Bouwinvest has bought a 933-home project in south-east Amsterdam from fellow partners AM and Ballast Nedam. But Bouwinvest Residential Fund investment fund manager, Paul van Stiphout warns that the Netherlands will need plenty of foreign capital to ensure residential development continues.

More details have been finalised about plans to redevelop part of Rotterdam’s urban docks, with two area projects getting the green light from city officials.

Dutch residential investors will have pumped a record €3.6 billion into new-build rental housing in the Netherlands by the end of this year, according to an analysis by Capital Value. At the same time, however, the report highlighted the absence of international investors, who will have accounted for just 1% of transaction volume in residential real estate in 2025.

The Dutch government has announced a €2.5 billion investment programme to improve roads, cycle paths, tunnels and tram routes, and to boost access to new housing developments across the country.

Institutional capital must play a central role in meeting Europe’s housing, demographic and sustainability challenges, real estate leaders agreed at a panel organised by the Holland Metropole alliance, UKCAP and others at EXPO REAL 2025 in Munich.

The Netherlands has sent a high-level delegation to this year’s Expo Real in Munich, including housing minister Mona Keijzer, as part of a drive to attract foreign investors to the Dutch residential sector.

The Netherlands’ housing shortage is both a major challenge and an opportunity to be tackled together, Dutch housing minister Mona Keijzer said at the opening of the Holland Metropole stand at Expo Real on Monday.

The Holland Metropole alliance is heading for Expo Real in Munich with a heavyweight delegation of 37 partner cities, investors and developers as well as two start-ups. Dutch housing minister Mona Keijzer is also attending the fair and will formally open the Holland Metropole stand.

Dutch housing minister Mona Keijzer has finalised a list of 20 locations where housing construction can be accelerated, with another four under review, in an effort to meet the target of 100,000 new homes a year.

It remains uncertain exactly what the collapse of the Dutch right-wing government will mean for plans to build 100,000 new homes a year, but commentators expect that most of housing minister Mona Keijzer’s current proposals will still go ahead.

The rental residential sector is likely to be the main driver of value growth for real estate investors in 2025, says Jeroen Beimer, head of research at Holland Metropole partner Bouwinvest.

Dutch housing minister Mona Keijzer has published new rules to speed up residential housing development in the Netherlands, including placing restrictions on the right to appeal and making it easier to build in rural areas.

Holland Metropole member Bouwinvest plans to invest €1 billion in housing in the Netherlands over the coming years to increase the supply of affordable and sustainable homes.