Online services to support you with housing

The Brussels-Capital Region has a number of different bodies and agencies with responsibility for housing.
The contact form on the website logement.brussels tells you who to contact with any questions you may have.

• Contact the appropriate body (FR/NL)External link (online form)

Some regional bodies, such as citydev.brussels and the Fonds du Logement, provide housing for sale or for rent at affordable prices to people who fulfil certain conditions, especially with regards to income.

• Put your name down on the housing list of citydev.brussels (FR/NL)External link (online form)

ecobuild.brussels (a cluster of hub.brussels) brings together companies that are active in the sustainable construction and renovation sector in Brussels.

• Contact ecobuild.brusselsExternal link (online form)
• Find professionals in the construction sector (search on name, category, project, bugdet and partnership)External link (online database)
• Submit a construction or renovation project to obtain a professional advice (FR/NLExternal link)
  (online form)

• Find out the reference target price to rent housing through de website loyers.brussels of Brussels Housing (FR/NL)External link (online module)

The website of Brussels Destination allows people wishing to settle in Brussels for a limited period (for one week to six months) to find appropriate solutions and owners to advertise their property.

• Look for or rent accommodation for a limited periodExternal link (online database)

The website of MyKot brings together the supply of and demand for student accommodation in Brussels.

• Look for or rent student accommodationExternal link (online database)

The AccessHouse website of the Association Nationale pour le Logement des Handicapés (ANLH) contains a disability housing register and allows landlords to register accessible properties.

• Search for or advertise accessible and adapted housing (FR/NL)External link (online database)

A number of cooperative credit institutions provide a mortgage or home loan calculator on their website to help you make the right choice when buying a house and/or renovating it to improve its energy performance.

• Calculate your monthly mortgage payments on the website of the Brussels Housing Fund External link(online module)

• Send a request for prevention advice to the SIAMU through IRISboxExternal link (online service with electronic identity card)

Various regional regulations govern the planning possibilities in the Brussels-Capital Region.

BruGIS® is a tool for managing regional development. This cartographic website provides all the urban planning information available in the Brussels Region.

• Find out the usage of a zone (search on layer of information)External link (interactive online map)

The citizen with a building permit application pending approval for renovation work or a new-build project in the Brussels-Capital Region can track the status of the application the quick and convenient way using the Permits Online service. This online service gives citizens access to all public information on building applications.

• Track your building permit application online (FR/NL)External link (web service)

• Send a request for planning information to your commune through IRISboxExternal link (online service with electronic identity card)

• Submit a complaint about a vacant dwelling to Brussels Housing through IRISboxExternal link (online service with electronic identity card)

• Complete the formalities at your commune when you move home through IRISboxExternal link (online service with electronic identity card)

The Brussels-Capital Region awards grants to encourage you to renovate your property and/or to beautify its façade.
Prepare your grant application:

• Calculate the intervention percentage according to the zone (FR/NL)External link (online module)

The mission of the Direction du Patrimoine culturel (Directorate of cultural Heritage)External link is to identify, protect and preserve the Brussels heritage.

Heritage lists are drawn up on special themes:

• Consult the list of built heritage (search on keyword, municipality, street, classification, style, architect and period) (FR/NL)External link (online database)

• Consult the atlasses of underground archaeological sites (search on municipality) (FR/NL)External link (online database)

• Consult the list of special trees (search on keyword, type, rareness, girth, historical relevance and impact on landscape) (FR/NL)External link (online database)

• Consult the list of organs (search on keyword, building or organ, municipality, style, organ builder and period) (FR/NL)External link (online database)

• Consult the inventory of wallpapers on the website of the IRPA ('Royal Institute of artistic Heritage') (FR/NL)External link (online database)

You will find on the site of the Direction du Patrimoine culturel information about the procedures relating to heritage (FR/NL)External link (protection, grants, inventories, ...).

• Fill in some of the forms relating to heritage online through IRISboxExternal link (online service with electronic identity card)