The suitability of the regulation determining the salary of housing corporation managers

The salaries of managers of housing corporations are maximized by the Dutch "Wet Normering Topinkomens (WNT)" and the regulation "bezoldigingsmaxima topfunctionarissen toegelaten instellingen volkshuisvestiging 2014". From 2018 on, existing wages have to be decreased to the maximum of the remuneration class of the housing corporation. Currently, the height of the remuneration class is determined by a combination of number of rental units (80%) and the municipality the organisation is in (20%).

In this report, the suitability of the regulation "bezoldigingsmaxima topfunctionarissen toegelaten instellingen volkshuisvestiging 2014" is assessed. The following research questions are answered:

1. Are the current factors and their mutual weighing suitable to determine the complexity of the function of a housing corporation manager?
2. Does the complexity of the function differ between daeb (e.g. social rental housing) and non-daeb (commercial) property of a corporation?
3. Do other (objective and measurable) factors exist, which provide a better approach to determine the complexity of the function of housing corporation managers?