{"product_id":"vragen-31854-we-wonen-in-een-hoekappartement-in-een-flat-dit-gebouw-bestaat-uit-negen-etages-hoe-hoger-je-woont","title":"Question about rent reduction? Get free advice","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n We live in a corner apartment in an apartment building.\n This building consists of nine floors, the higher you live the higher the monthly rent. \nNow the corner apartment on the ninth floor has been empty for several months and because the housing corporation cannot rent it out, they have lowered the rent by 200 euros. As a result, the basic rent is below the basic rent of the same house on the fifth floor.\n I contacted the housing corporation, but they only wanted to tell me that the rental policy had been adjusted in April 2014. In July 2014, the other residents simply received a 4% rent increase.\n Now I have the following questions:\n Can they simply lower the rent for a home without adjusting the other rents?\n Is it possible to challenge this reduction?\n Is this a reason to complain about the next rent increase?\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nI can imagine that this seems strange and perhaps unfair to you, but I see no reason why the landlord should not be allowed to do this. I do not think that the pricing as you describe it has been contractually agreed with you, so you cannot derive any rights from it.\n\n Also consider the other side of the coin. If the landlord cannot rent the property, that is an ongoing expense. Better to accept a somewhat lower rent than nothing at all. If the landlord receives nothing, there is a good chance that the other residents (including you) will compensate for that loss.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55016768733533,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-31854-we-wonen-in-een-hoekappartement-in-een-flat-dit-gebouw-bestaat-uit-negen-etages-hoe-hoger-je-woont","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}