Rent allowance calculator 2026

Rent allowance (huurtoeslag) is a monthly contribution to the rent of a self-contained home, and in 2026 it works differently from what most expat guides still describe. You always pay a fixed base rent yourself: €202.52 if you live alone, €200.71 with more people. The basic rent between that amount and €498.20 is reimbursed in full, the slice up to €713.02 (one or two people) or €764.14 (three or more) at 65%, and the rest up to €932.93 at 40%. From that total, an income correction is deducted once income passes €23,425 for a single person or €31,500 for larger households. A single person without income at the rent limit gets the maximum of €523 a month. The big news for expats: a rent above the limit no longer disqualifies you, so many private-sector tenants now qualify.

The 2026 formula step by step

Start from your basic rent, without service costs, capped at €932.93 (€498.20 if everyone in the household is under 21 and there is no child or disability). Subtract the base rent; the part up to €498.20 is slice A, paid in full. Slice B is 65% of the rent between €498.20 and the capping limit, slice C 40% of the rent above it. Then the correction: household income above the reference point, times 27% (single) or 22% (larger households), divided by twelve. Rent allowance is A + B + C minus the correction, rounded down to whole euros.

The Dienst Toeslagen's own example: a couple with a two-year-old pays €1,200, with a household income of €34,000. Their rent counts as €932.93; after a correction of €46 they receive €492 a month. The calculator above gives the same result.

Who qualifies

• You rent a self-contained home with its own front door, kitchen and toilet (or a caravan or pitch), and you are registered at the address.
• You are 18 or older and live in the Netherlands legally.
• The basic rent is above the base rent, and the calculated allowance is at least €24 a year.
• The household's assets on 1 January stay below €38,479 per person (€76,958 with a partner).

Flatmates, partners and subletting

Everyone registered at the address counts, except a subtenant who rents part of the home from you under a written contract. A flatmate who is not your partner is a co-resident: his or her income is added to the household income and the asset limit rises by €38,479 per co-resident. For children living at home who were under 23 at the start of the year, only income above €6,218 counts. In a shared house where each person has a separate contract for a room, there is usually no right at all, because the rooms are not self-contained.

How a raise affects your rent allowance

Above the reference income, every extra €1,000 a year costs a single person €270 a year in rent allowance and a larger household €220. That is a steeper reduction than for healthcare allowance, so update your income estimate as soon as your salary changes.

Applying

Apply in Mijn toeslagen or the Toeslagen app with your DigiD; you will need the basic rent from your contract. For 2026 you can apply until 31 December 2027, but only an application during the year gives monthly advances. Report a rent increase, a move or a new flatmate straight away. The rent allowance table shows amounts for eleven rents and five incomes.

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