The Flemish rental decree for student rentals

The new Flemish Rental Decree includes a specific regulation for student rentals. It came into force on 1 January 2019. It applies to all leases signed on or after this date.

As the law is very new a lot of landlords will not yet be familiar with it.

The most important stipulations are: rental price and charges, deposit, subletting, no automatic renewal, early termination of the contract.

Everything about your contract: Can you use your student accommodation during the holiday months if you have a 10-month lease?

Be sure to agree this with your landlord in time! If you have a model lease from Kotweb, the basics for you and your landlord are already specified, namely:

Fire safety in student housing: what must your landlord do, what must/can you do?

Based on the motto 'don't let your student life go up in smoke,' there are a number of measures to prevent fires and together ensure the safety in student accommodation.

Help, there are mice in my room!

What to do?

Insurance

Is fire insurance useful and who should provide it, you or your landlord? A brief guide.