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Netherlands new homes: five locations designated for 25,000 units, November 2026

The Dutch housing minister designated five more large-scale locations on 9 November 2026 for about 25,000 homes, taking the national list to 31 sites.

The facts

  • The Dutch housing minister designated five more large-scale housing locations on 9 November 2026, together carrying about 25,000 homes, in an announcement by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
  • The five are Assen at about 5,000 to 6,000 homes, Walcheren covering Middelburg, Vlissingen and Veere at about 5,000 to 6,000, the Roosendaal railway zone at 5,000 to 6,000, Zuidplas with the new village of Cortelande at about 6,000 by 2040, and Best at about 3,500.
  • The ministry says more than 50,000 housing seekers could find a home at these locations.
  • With these five, the country now has 31 large-scale housing locations, one more than the coalition agreement required, holding over 400,000 homes to be built up to and including 2040.
  • Those 31 locations cover just over 40% of the homes needed in the coming years; the remaining 60% is to come from smaller sites, conversions and infill; the two sources together are enough to build 100,000 homes a year.
  • The stated selection criteria are employment, electricity grid capacity and geographic spread. The release names no euro amounts: it says no extra national funding is needed for accessibility at these locations and that the government will support municipalities financially, without giving sums.

What it means for your money

  • Some 25,000 homes here, 400,000 nationally by 2040 — supply over 14 years. It changes the exit in these five areas, not this year's entry.
  • Glopra puts the Dutch national average at $5,562 per square metre with a bubble risk score of 65 out of 100, in the elevated band, and new supply moves pricing more in a tight market than in a loose one, which is why a designation list is worth reading as an investor document.
  • If you are buying in or near Assen, Best, Roosendaal, Walcheren or Zuidplas, the planned volume is large relative to those towns, so the comparable sales that set your resale price in the 2030s may include thousands of new units.
  • No affordable or social share is given and no euro figures are attached, so the release does not say which segment the 25,000 homes will compete in, and that is the part which decides whether they press on your rent.

What to watch

  • The list of 31 locations is tied to the Nota Ruimte, the national spatial planning document the cabinet was to present later this month and which had not been published when this release went out.
  • Almost every per-location number in the release is explicitly approximate, and only Zuidplas carries a stated year, 2040.

Sources: Rijksoverheid https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2026/11/09/minister-benoemt-5-nieuwe-locaties-voor-versneld-bouwen-25.000-huizen

Market data: Netherlands · Rotterdam · Amsterdam