Observing that:

• Conversion permits are now only issued by this municipal executive in highly exceptional cases, which has de facto made the conversion of properties into rooms for shared housing impossible.

• Through street quotas at the street or neighborhood level, it is possible to regulate how many student properties are permitted;

• Groningen has successfully applied street quotas in the past to regulate the conversion of properties into student rooms;

• Other municipalities, such as Leiden, Amsterdam, and Utrecht, currently use street quotas to

  allow room-based housing while simultaneously safeguarding livability;

  
  

  Considering that:

• There is also a housing shortage among students and a need among students for more

  room-based housing capacity in Groningen;

• Students constitute a substantial and inseparable part of our local community;

• Issuing conversion permits without street quotas can lead to an imbalance in

  parts of the City.

• A street quota is an effective instrument for steering the distribution of

  room-based housing in a targeted manner, without leading to generic bans or the unnecessary obstruction of

  student housing;

• Incorporating a street quota offers the municipality the opportunity to provide clarity

  in advance to house hunters and residents;

• With street quotas, we can also guarantee in new urban districts that students are able to

  live there, thereby contributing to the municipal executive's ambition for an ‘undivided city’

  
  

  Requests the municipal executive to:

• Work out various scenarios for street quotas for conversion permits and incorporate

  the impact on the various urban districts in each scenario;

• Present these scenarios to the council in Q3 2025;