Week 49
Week 49
A slow (er) week, thank goodness!
The heavy lifting and demolition work has finished for the time being - still two walls to be knocked out - but I'm pretty sure I'll be MIA when that happens :)
We have 2 new residents, so I have to get the paperwork in order. They can apply to the Local Government for a "woonsubsidie" - housing assistance. I'm not totally sure how it works - I imagine they look at employment status and the number of kids, and much more.
We've had a few raised eyebrows from the Local Government and Taxation Office in earlier years - they do know an awful lot about what is going on in people's lives - as people have to register where they are living, in order to get any social welfare benefits, including housing asistance. Ben is also registered at our place now - not for benefits per se - but he did have to be registered in order to vote, for example.
We once had a chap come and measure one of the apartments to see if it "qualified" as a separate dwelling - and not just "sharing" a house or other space.
The important things seemed to be a front and back door and own kitchen and bathroom i.e. not shared.
I think the assistance is based on the square metres - we even had a situation where the assistance payment was more than the rental that we asked for. I can't remember now how we found that out, but it did strike me as odd at the time.
So, I provide them with a simple floor plan that they can submit with their application. Janny prepares the contracts with one very important requirement - they must be on a list applying for social housing in one or more Local Government areas.
On that note, one of our recent residents just received notification that she has a house in Wijnjewoude - there was a recent rule change that "local" people have preference on the housing list so she only had to wait a few months instead of years.
Apartment 3
Ben arrived safely in Argentina. (in his last continent)
A graveyard...
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