Een woningbouwvereniging in Tilburg wil een vrouw uit haar huurwoning zetten, omdat de gemeente Tilburg tot twee keer toe prostitutie activiteiten constateert in de woning. De kantonrechter houdt dit tegen, omdat volgens de rechtbank geen sprake is van structureel bedrijfsmatig handelen.
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The facts in a nutshell: the municipality of Tilburg receives an anonymous report that a woman is engaging in prostitution from her rental property. A municipal inspector investigates and discovers that the tenant is indeed offering her services as a prostitute through a website. He then arranges a meeting with the woman, who believes he is a client.
Terminate rental agreement
The housing association is informed of these facts and subsequently intends to terminate the woman’s lease. This is because the social housing unit is allegedly being used for illegal and undesirable activities. By doing so, the woman is violating not only the law but also the lease and the general terms and conditions . Moreover, according to the housing association, she is not having as a good tenant and is causing a nuisance. The municipality also imposes a penalty payment order on the woman. Any future detection of prostitution activities will result in a substantial fine.
No nuisance reported
The woman is bringing the case before the Zeeland-West-Brabant District Court. The court must determine whether the woman’s prostitution activities are “serious” enough to terminate the lease and vacate the property. The subdistrict court judge disagrees. Although it has been established twice that prostitution has taken place in the property, the judge finds that there is no evidence of structural commercial activity, as the housing association claims. The property is also not set up as a sex house, and no further complaints of nuisance have been reported. The woman admits that prostitution occurred when she was checked twice. However, according to the court, this does not justify terminating the lease , with all its drastic consequences. The breach is not serious enough. Furthermore, the woman is in a wheelchair and will not easily find another accessible apartment on the ground floor.
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Waarschuwing
De kantonrechter geeft de vrouw wel een waarschuwing mee. Als zij doorgaat met haar prostitutie activiteiten, loopt zij het risico om uit haar woning te worden gezet.
Deze keer is nog geoordeeld dat geen sprake is van structureel bedrijfsmatig handelen in de vorm van prostitutie. Maar bij een volgende keer kan anders worden beslist, omdat de grens tussen incidenteel en structureel bedrijfsmatig handelen maar een dun lijntje is. Bovendien leidt iedere overtreding tot een groot financieel verlies als de gemeente de dwangsom gaat innen.
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