This is how temporary living with a host family works
If you have fled from Ukraine, you can live temporarily with a host family. Read how it works here.
Here is how to arrange a place to stay with a host family
You may be able to find housing with a host family through family or friends in the Netherlands. For information and tips on suitable housing, contact VluchtelingenWerk Nederland (VWN) or your contact person at the municipality where you are staying.
Contact with VluchtelingenWerk Nederland
In the past, you could also apply to live with a host family through RefugeeHomeNL or Takecarebnb. Currently, this is no longer possible.
Sometimes you can also rent housing from your host family
If you are staying with a host family, you do not have to pay rent. The municipality is then responsible for your accommodation. Your stay with a host family is temporary. Does the host family offer you a rental agreement, so that you can stay longer? Then it is important that you look into other options for accommodation. You may also be able to stay at a municipal reception centre.
If you have entered into a rental agreement with the host family, you will have to pay the rent yourself and will no longer receive
If the host family offers you a rental agreement or you have found housing elsewhere, you can discuss the rental agreement with
For more information, you can
The amount of your living allowance may change if you live with a host family
If you come to the Netherlands as a refugee from Ukraine, you get money for food, clothing and other personal expenses. This is called a living allowance. You get this money as long as you do not have your own income. Both adults and children are entitled to this money.
You may receive less living allowance at the municipal reception centre than with a host family. This is because the municipality may pay part of the living allowance in kind. For example, as food and drinks.
Living allowance if you fled from Ukraine