Apply for exemption to rent out a 2nd home (pied-à-terre)

• You will not be living in the property yourself.
• The tenant will not be registered in the Personal Records Database (BRP) at the address of the property or at another address in The Hague.
• Only the tenant and members of the tenant’s family may stay in the property.
• You sign a rental contract with the tenant. The exemption is linked to the rental contract.
• The exemption is non-transferable.
• The exemption is valid as long as the rental contract is in effect.
• This form of holiday rental is permitted by your homeowners association (Vereniging van Eigenaren, VvE) or landlord.
• It is forbidden to rent out the residential property in any other form of holiday rental.
• The occupants must each have at least 12 square metres of living space.
• The property has at least 142 WWS points (the national points system for rental properties). Read more about the rental price and WWS points on the Begin external link: website of the Government of the Netherlands(External link), end external link. (in Dutch). If you make the calculation on this website, be sure to save it. You will need it for the application.
• State the registration number when you advertise the property or print it on a business card.
• You will pay tourist tax to the municipality.

• A completed form with the number of WWS points for the property. You can complete this and attach it as a PDF from the Begin external link: website of the Government of the Netherlands(External link), end external link. (in Dutch).
• Your DigiD.
• If you are applying on behalf of somebody else: a signed authorisation which includes:
  • Name of the authorised person
  • Name of the applicant (the person giving the authorisation)
  • Consent to apply for a permit by the authorised person, on behalf of the applicant
  • Signatures of the authorised person and applicant.
• A signed rental contract which shows that you are going to rent out the pied-à-terre. You do not yet want to sign a rental contract? Because you first want to wait to see whether you will get the exemption? Then you can also submit a declaration that the property will be used as a 2nd home. This declaration must be signed by you and the tenant.

Apply online for an exemption and registration number.

The exemption costs € 124.05 (in 2024) or € 128.35 (in 2025). You pay these fees for your application. You will not get these fees back if the municipality rejects your application.

The registration number is free of charge.

You will get the registration number immediately after you apply. Do your application and the property meet the conditions? Then you will get the exemption within 8 weeks. You are allowed to advertise the property as soon as you receive the registration number. You are allowed to rent out the property only once you have the exemption.

• No new exemption will be granted within 12 months after an exemption has been granted.
• Are you the owner and would you like to use the property as a pied-à-terre yourself? Then you have to Begin link: Apply for exemption for personal use of pied-à-terre, end link. (in Dutch).

Do you have any questions about the exemption (procedure) or registration number? Send an email to Begin link: vakantieverhuur@denhaag.nl, end link. .

• Begin link: Apply for a permit or exemption for a holiday rental, end link.
• Begin link: Apply for exemption for personal use of pied-à-terre, end link. (in Dutch).
• Begin external link: Huurcommissie(External link), end external link. (Fair Rent Commission)