Municipalities of Heerlen, Maastricht and Sittard-Geleen sign pact for Student Housing South Limburg

The aim of the pact is to continue to ensure a good balance in the demand for and supply of student housing now and in the coming years. In the coming months, the municipalities will work together on an implementation agenda. In the short term, the emphasis is on better integration of the housing supply of Heerlen and Sittard-Geleen in Maastricht student housing portals, so that the housing supply becomes more widely known. What is important for the longer term is, among other things, the coordination of the share of student housing in the cities’ existing housing programs and the coordination of communication about the importance of student housing plans to the market.

The basis for the programming of student housing is found in the student housing programming up to and including the year 2030 established by the Maastricht council and council. This assumes an average growth in the need for student housing of 3% per year. Historical data show that approximately 20% of this growth does not occur in Maastricht, but in the surrounding region. This distribution across the region is also maintained in this pact. This concerns a total of 3,500 units for the years 2024 to 2030, of which 700 outside Maastricht.

The pact marks a starting point for cooperation between Heerlen, Maastricht and Sittard-Geleen, which other South Limburg municipalities can also join if desired.