Rent a room with a host who lives there too, or rent out your own spare room to a TU Delft student. Delft keeps room conversion on a tight rein, but one lodger is allowed without a permit.
Thanks to TU Delft, Delft is one of the most student-dense cities in the Netherlands. Demand for rooms is enormous, especially around the campus and the city centre, and the municipality therefore keeps room conversion on a tight rein. That is exactly why a homestay room, which falls outside the permit requirement, is one of the few ways to add housing quickly in Delft.
Rental is permit-free in Delft when at most one person lodges with you.
If you live there yourself and rent out to one person, you need no conversion permit.
At most two extra people is allowed only in homes over 180 m² where you have been registered for at least five years without interruption. From three unrelated residents a conversion permit is required, which Delft rarely grants.
A nine-month trial period, up to €6,633 a year tax-free through the room rental exemption, and no effect on your benefits.
In practice Delft grants conversion permits mainly above shops and restaurants; the homestay room is the route the municipality leaves open for residents with a room to spare. Hospi Housing helps Delft hosts with the rules, the tenant and the contract.
Not if at most one person lodges with you. For two extra people an exception applies to large homes (over 180 m²) where you have been registered for five years; otherwise a conversion permit is required.
About €1,732 in 2026, with an eight-week decision period. As a live-in host with one tenant you do not need that permit.
It differs per room; the current rents of the rooms on this page come straight from the platform.