Landlord separate the house into two studio, he was now told by Gemeente to change it back
Hi all,
I live in a "studio" where the landlord basically partitioned a two-floor house into upstair and downstair, so two separate studios, both with own kitchen and bathroom, and has lockable doors, and also was separated into two address.
A few weeks ago we got letters from Gemeente says that the house need to be changed back, saying that it's not allowed to partition the house. My landlord said that he followed the exact instruction from Gemeente a few years ago to partition the house, the Gemeente bascially taught him how to partition the house, but now they changed their mind (don't know why).
My landlord now is asking his lawyer to file an objection against this decision from Gemeente, and in the future might turn into a lawsuit with Gemeente.
My main question here is that I don't know if there is something I could do as a tenant. Some people might suggest to move out, but you know it's hard to find a nice place to stay these days. I think worst case, my landlord has to change the house back (into one), but myself as tenant can still stay, just not in studio but a shared house with a roommate.
I guess the possible reason that Gemeente wants to change it back maybe it's because with two studios, you can get rental allownace for each one, although both myself and the guy in the other studio doesn't meet the requirement for the rental allowance. Another reason might be with two studio, my landlord can charge for more rent each? But you know in these days with the housing crisis, one can't really complain, not to mention the house is very nice.
So please help, as I don't want to end up on the street haha. Thanks in advance!