{"id":163167,"date":"2024-01-18T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=163167"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:08","slug":"residents-claim-relaxation-of-room-permits-has-significant-impact-on-quality-of-life-in-kralingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/01\/18\/residents-claim-relaxation-of-room-permits-has-significant-impact-on-quality-of-life-in-kralingen\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents claim relaxation of room permits will have ‘significant impact’ on quality of life in Kralingen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The municipality of Rotterdam is looking to relax the rules on room permits. As a result, many student houses will no longer fall under the strict rules against nuisance caused by students. Arthur ten Have, chair of residents’ initiative Stop Overlast Kralingen, fears the move will have a \u2018significant impact\u2019 on his neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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Still from an animation film made by Djanko for STOK<\/span><\/p>

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Currently, landlords in Kralingen need a licence to let student houses to three or more students. Councillor Chantal Zeegers (D66) wants to increase that number to four and more. This will eliminate the need for 3,500 permits, representing 70 per cent of the total number of student houses in the city, with the corresponding strict rules, such as the traffic light system, therefore no longer applying to those houses.<\/p>\n

A significant impact<\/h2>