Van Huffelen later stated that she had learned from the experience, and she acknowledged having exerted excessive pressure to achieve cost reductions.

Van Huffelen was a proponent of urban agriculture, and she advocated for green roofs and narrow strips of plants along façades.

[1] In 2014, she became managing director of GVB, Amsterdam's public transport operator, where she was tasked with absorbing a €65 million reduction in government subsidies over ten years.

[2][3] She became State Secretary for Finance in the third Rutte cabinet on 29 January 2020, where she worked to compensate victims of the childcare benefits scandal.

[1] Her position changed to State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation on 10 January 2022 when the fourth Rutte cabinet was formed.