[TacticalMalice]

Eviction is already possible after 3 months of not paying rents (and sometimes after 2 months if there's a history of non-payment). The landlord has to get a court order, which is commonly granted.

Minors will be placed in foster care if they cannot be placed elsewhere.

Taxes on earnings depend on how you structure your work. They are usually in "box 3" where taxes are based on fictitious returns on investment as a percentage of total wealth and (fictitious) asset class.

That said, law-makers are a significant source of uncertainty and risk.

[belter]

Well not at the moment to start with:

"Government rules that tenants cannot be evicted during corona crisis"

https://www.iamexpat.nl/housing/real-estate-news/government-...

Also tenants can sign contract with you ( as landlord) and immediately go to the Huur Commissie and argue their rent is too high. So it will be lowered if they first signed a different contract with the landlord.

https://www.huurcommissie.nl/

Concerning what you seem to describe as a very smooth process I have strong doubts. If a tenant lawyer argues there is a temporary situation with the family, children take priority etc...A Dutch judge will not ignore all that, and simply take the major step of putting children under foster care, if the landlord does not need the house to live there himself. Specially taking into account the dire situation of foster care in the Netherlands:

"The decline in foster parents means that the Netherlands is facing a shortage. According to Foster Care Netherlands, 3,500 foster families are needed each year. Last year there were only 2,566. Currently over 700 children are waiting for a place in a family..."

https://nltimes.nl/2020/01/09/many-foster-parents-quit-lack-...

I know a landlord who waited 2 years. Just a data point I would agree, but I strongly doubt its the smooth process you describe.

[TacticalMalice]

> "Government rules that tenants cannot be evicted during corona crisis"

The above is an agreement between several housing cooperations/companies and the ministry. It is not a law and eviction orders due to backpay have still been granted after June 2020, when access to the courts opened up again for these cases.

And yes, judges will consider the interests of all parties. In the case where a judge won't grant an eviction, the tenant will be ordered to pay missed rent.

> Also tenants can sign contract with you ( as landlord) and immediately go to the Huur Commissie and argue their rent is too high. So it will be lowered if they first signed a different contract with the landlord.

This is only possible for social housing (based on the point system), so this shouldn't come as a surprise for the landlord. This is also a reason to avoid renting out social housing.

The only thing during COVID that's affecting most landlords is that rent increase is maximized. Considering that employees are supported via their employer's NOW-subsidy, I don't buy the argument for this maximization for people that still have jobs. Another benefit to offering only temporary contracts.

> I know a landlord who waited 2 years.

Waited two years before getting an order, or only successfully getting an order after two years?