Mandatory checks on foreign property for social housing applicants
Official title: Voorstel van decreet van Michiel Awouters, Adeline Blancquaert, Dries Devillé, Filip Brusselmans en Chris Janssens tot wijziging van de Vlaamse Codex Wonen van 2021, wat betreft de systematische verificatie van onroerend bezit bij de toelating tot sociale woningen voor kandidaat-huurders met een buitenlandse nationaliteit
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘request for consideration in plenary rejected’)
In plain language
- Prospective tenants with a foreign nationality will now systematically be checked for property ownership in their country of origin before being allocated a social home.
- This affects anyone with one or more foreign nationalities applying for social housing in Flanders, as well as social housing companies.
- If you own property abroad or if verification proves impossible, your admission will be denied or temporarily suspended.
Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.
How parliament voted
Parliament has not voted on this proposal yet.