Priority Rules and Urgency in Suitable Allocation in Utrecht

In Utrecht, urgent cases receive priority in suitable allocation, such as homeless persons, victims of domestic violence or people with medical urgency. The municipality of Utrecht allocates urgent housing via the Utrecht registration system WoONconnect. You must demonstrate your urgent situation with medical certificates, police statements or a report from the Utrecht Domestic Violence Support Point. Housing associations in Utrecht, including Portaal, Bo-Ex and De Alliantie, must allocate 80% of their social rental housing suitably, but urgency overrides this. Without urgency, the registration time in WoONconnect applies. Has the municipality rejected your urgency? File an objection within 6 weeks with the Housing department of the municipality of Utrecht. The Suitable Allocation Act regulates this nationally, but Utrecht applies additional local rules via the Utrecht Housing Ordinance 2023. Successful urgency claims often lead to priority within 3 months, especially for starter homes in neighbourhoods such as Kanaleneiland or Overvecht. Note: urgency is temporary, usually 2 years, and requires reassessment. Combine this with suitability checks on income, household composition and health for the best match in the Utrecht housing market.