Your assets must not be too high for the rent benefit
To be eligible for rent benefit, your assets (only available in Dutch) must not exceed €37,395 on 1 January 2025. If you have a benefits partner, your combined assets must not exceed €74,790 in 2025.
If your spouse or registered partner is not registered at your address, their assets do not count for the rent benefit, but they may count for other benefits.
Assets of co-residents
Co-residents are also not allowed to have assets exceeding €37,395.
Examples
On 1 January 2025, you have assets of €35,000. Your benefits partner has assets of €20,000 on that date. You may be eligible for rent benefit because your combined assets do not exceed €74,790.
Your assets on 1 January 2025 are €10,000. A co-resident has €50,000 in their bank account on that date. You will not be eligible for rent benefit, because your co-resident's assets are too high.
Do the assets of children count?
If you have a child aged 18 or older living at home, they count as a co-resident.
If your child is younger than 18, their assets are included in your total assets. However, if you and the other parent no longer live together, the assets of your minor child usually only count for half. Read more about the assets of children if you no longer live together (only available in Dutch).
Examples
Your assets on 1 January 2025 are €25,000. Your 18-year-old child living with you has €10,000 in their bank account on that date. You are entitled to rent benefit because your combined total assets (yours and your child’s) are not higher than €37,395.
Your assets on 1 January 2025 are €35,000. Your 17-year-old child living with you has €9,000 in their bank account on that date. You are not entitled to rent benefit because your and your child’s combined assets exceed €37,395.
Too much assets?
If you have too much assets on 1 January, you will not be eligible for rent benefit for the whole year.
If your assets are not too high on 1 January, but exceed the limit later in the year, you may still be eligible for rent benefit for that year. However, this may not be the case next year.
If you are eligible for rent benefit, read more at 'Ik wil mijn huurtoeslag stoppen – hoe doe ik dat?' (I want to cancel my rent benefit – how can I do that?) (only available in Dutch).
| Year | I don't have a benefits partner | I have a benefits partner | Co-residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum assets 2025 | €37,395 | €74,790 combined | €37,395 |
| Maximum assets 2024 | €36,952 | €73,904 combined | €36,952 |
| Maximum assets 2023 | €33,748 | €67,496 combined | €33,748 |
| Maximum assets 2022 | €31,747 | €63,494 combined | €31,747 |
| Maximum assets 2021 | €31,340 | €62,680 combined | €31,340 |
Part of the assets may not count
In some cases, you do not have to include a certain portion of your assets. This applies to 'bijzonder vermogen' (special assets, only available in Dutch).
I do not have a partner or co-resident for the whole year
If you have a partner or co-resident for only part of the year, their assets will not be included in the calculation for rent benefit.
Example
On 1 January 2024, you had assets of €30,000. In March, someone came to live with you who became your benefits partner. This person has €50,000 in their savings account. Because you did not have a benefits partner for the whole year (not in January and February), you do not have to include your benefits partner's assets for 2024. Your rent benefit will be calculated based solely on your assets for that year. Your partner's assets will be included starting from 1 January 2025.
Please note!
Do you have a benefits partner for only part of the year? For example, because you and your partner separated, started living together or because your partner died? But did you choose to be fiscal partners for the whole year and did you file a joint tax return? In that case, your assets may have been divided unfavourably for rent benefit purposes. You may have to pay back rent benefit as a result. Find out how to correct this (only available in Dutch).
