Are you interested in living at Startblok? Do you want to live with Dutch youngsters and status holders (young refugees who have just received a residence permit) and contribute to a community to build a future together? Depending on your situation, you can apply in several different ways. Please take note that in order to build a successful community we carefully select each tenant.
Interested in living at Startblok?
Step 1.
Check whether you can apply to live in Startblok Riekerhaven:
- Are you 18 to 27 years old?
- Are you socially engaged and are you becoming enthusiastic thinking about the deeper meaning of Startblok?
- Are you a (parttime) student (MBO/HBO/WO), working or searching for work? Can you prove that you do not have an annual net income of € 28.375 , – or more?
Step 2
If you haven’t done so yet, register to Woningnet(DAK) and subscribe to the social housing service.
Stap 3
When our current waiting list ends, you have two options:
- An advertisement will be posted on the Woningnet website. Register through this advertisement to attend an information evening. If you are one of the first 100 people to respond, you will then receive an invitation to the evening.
- Email us your motivation for living here at info@startblokriekerhaven.nl. Based on your motivation, you will be invited to the information evening or not.
Step 4
Have you been invited? Attend the information session! We’ll tell you everything about Startblok Riekerhaven, give you a tour, and you’ll have the chance to ask all your questions.
Step 5
We will let you know whether you have been selected for housing at Startblok. If so, congratulations! You will be placed on a waiting list. As soon as a unit becomes available, you will receive a message from both us and Lieven de Key with the date you can move in.
Step 6
Within a short period of time, we will let you know whether you are selected to live at Startblok Riekerhaven. We’ll add your name to our waiting list and as soon as there is a place available, we will tell you when you can move in!
Step 7
Once all documents are in order and Lieven de Key has prepared your contract, you will receive a notification about the start date of your rental agreement and when the key handover appointment will take place. Before this date, you are expected to have signed your contract digitally and made the down payment.
Step 8
At your key handover, you’ll visit our office. There, you’ll sign the final documents, we’ll visit your new home together, and you’ll receive your keys.
Step 9
Get to know your hallway, the gangmaker, and your neighbors. Enjoy your new home!
