Amsterdam council’s housing chief has launched an investigation into the city’s housing department to find out if it is serving the city properly, the Parool reports on Friday.

‘Are we transparent and reasonable in the way we apply the rules?’ council executive Freek Ossel asked the paper.
The probe follows a number of high-profile actions by the department, including a crack-down on pied a terre flats and short-stay housing for expats.
Earlier this week it emerged the service is trying to evict three students from a house they share because they are breaking the rules on rent-controlled housing.
The city will get tough on flat sharing in rent-controlled properties. ‘If we agree that large houses are for low income families, then there must be rules for that,’ Ossel said.