Rent a room with a host who lives there too, or rent out your own spare room to a student or young professional. Hospi Housing has worked with the municipality of Nijmegen since 2022 to encourage homestay rental.
Nijmegen is a true student city: Radboud University and HAN together count tens of thousands of students, and thousands of extra student rooms are needed by 2030. Demand is concentrated in neighbourhoods like Bottendaal and Nijmegen-Oost. A homestay room is often available long before a new home is, and for the host it means extra income and life in the house.
If you rent out a room while living there yourself, you need no permit in Nijmegen. That keeps homestay rental simple.
Renting out to at most two people never requires a conversion permit, and as a live-in host you are there yourself.
A conversion permit is then required, but only for homes with a WOZ value between roughly €278,000 and €396,000. Five or more rooms require a fire-safety notification.
A nine-month trial period, up to €6,633 a year tax-free through the room rental exemption, and no effect on your benefits.
The municipality of Nijmegen has worked with Hospi Housing since 2022 to encourage homestay rental. In 2026 the housing corporations Portaal, Talis and Woonwaarts started a pilot with the municipality that lets their tenants rent out a room as well.
Yes, within the homestay pilot these corporations started with the municipality in 2026. You ask your corporation for permission first; we help you with that and guide the tenancy.
It differs per room; the current rents of the rooms on this page come straight from the platform. A homestay room is usually cheaper than a self-contained studio because you share the kitchen and bathroom.
Not if you live there yourself and rent out to at most two people. From three people or rooms a conversion permit is required, depending on the WOZ value of your home.