You move from the reception centre into your home

After signing the rental agreement, register in the

Your contact from

If you still have no or insufficient income of your own from paid work, you are entitled to financial help from the government. This is called a benefit or 'bijstandsuitkering' (welfare benefit). This is an amount per month that the government gives you to live on. You use this to pay your rent, for example.

If you are entitled to a welfare benefit, you will get it from the day you apply for it at the municipality, not before. Make sure you apply on time. This will prevent you from receiving too little money.

Your contact from VWN or social worker from another organisation can support you in applying for benefits.

Most municipalities allow you to get a loan to furnish your 1st home. This is called a furnishing loan. This loan helps you buy furniture and other important items. The amount of the furnishing loan varies by municipality. The furnishing loan is usually a loan, which means that you will eventually have to pay back the money you borrow to the municipality.

In some municipalities there are also options where you do not have to pay the money back, depending on your situation. Contact your municipality to ask what the options are and how to apply.

You have to sign certain contracts to live in your home. For example:

• A contract for electricity and gas

• A contract for water

• A contract for television and internet

• Household contents insurance

Your contact at VWN or social worker from another organisation can support you with this.

Make an appointment with your contact at the