Call on your tenants' organization to oppose the upcoming rent increase! Send our standard letter

The mega rent increases in 2025 are just around the corner, and most corporations and other landlords plan to implement the maximum rent increase. Many tenants and tenant associations are not happy about this, in times of increasing existential uncertainty. Corporations often do not listen to these concerns, and tenant associations struggle with the power position of the landlord in the negotiations about the rent increase. The campaign We Refuse the Rent Increase offers opportunities to put extra pressure on the landlord during these negotiations. For example, tenant associations can choose not to agree to the rent increase. If the landlord does not listen to this, they can call on their members en masse to collectively refuse the rent increase using our Step-by-step plan.

Many tenant organizations are not yet aware of the (legal) options to refuse the rent increase with the step-by-step plan of Wij Weigeren de Huurverhoging. Even worse, many accept the rent increase without critical questions or any form of protest. The first profit is therefore already in informing the tenants' organizations. We have made this easy by drawing up a standard letter that you as a tenant can send to your tenants' organization yourself. Use the standard letter below and adjust the details to your situation. Copy and paste the text into an email or print the letter and send it by post.

 

Standard letter

Dear tenant organization,

After the highest rent increase in 30 years in 2024, we are heading for mega rent increases again in 2025. More than 800,000 tenants already have too little money left for the necessary living expenses after paying the rent. Nevertheless, many landlords are threatening to implement the maximum rent increase this year. 

The action campaign “We refuse the rent increase” wants to encourage you to take action. Our goal is a 5-year rent freeze to make and keep housing affordable again. That starts now.  

You are probably already in discussions with your landlord about the annual rent increase, and you share the concerns that I and many tenants have about the upcoming rent increase. It is always wise to enter this negotiation as strongly as possible and use all the power you can exercise on our behalf. 

I would like to ask you to advocate, together with the tenants you represent, for a multi-year rent freeze and where possible a reduction. During negotiations with the landlord, you can hint that you are prepared to call on your supporters to take action by Refusing the Rent Increase, if your concerns and the concerns of the tenants you represent are not heard.

Do you want to take action to refuse the rent increase together with your tenants? This action against the rent increase is a legal right that tenants can use. When the action is carried out collectively, it sends a clear signal to the landlord and the politicians for a multi-year rent freeze. More and more tenants and tenant organizations are already participating.

I would like to inform you about the possibilities for this collective action that tenants and tenant associations can carry out together for affordable housing. For more information, visit wijweigerendehuurverhoging.nl

Sincerely,

[Name]

[Phone number]

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