Partners

We frequently seek collaboration in all respects with stakeholder organisations. For example, we closely collaborate with residents' organisations, partners in the educational field, municipalities and fellow housing corporations. 

DUWO likes to talk to its residents. For example, we work together with residents' organizations and residents' committees. Student houses have nesters, in larger student complexes there are also student administrators. The nestor or student manager acts as a contact person between DUWO and the residents of the student house. DUWO also regularly engages students for panel discussions to receive input on important themes (hospitality, safety, housing international students) or feedback on new products or services (ROOM, DUWO app).

Read more about resident participation

Our main partners:

Educational institutions

DUWO maintains close contact with educational institutions. For example, we closely collaborate with our partners in the educational field to house foreign guests and to develop new student complexes. Jointly, the educational institutions and student unions have an influence on the DUWO policies through the  Advisory Council for Student Housing.

Our primary partners:

The advisory council for student housing

Education institutions and student unions have a voice in determining the DUWO policy through the Advisory Council for Student Housing. Every year, the Advisory Council provided advice on themes such as room shortages, affordability, building on campus and in the region, internationalization and student welfare.

The DUWO Student Housing Advisory Council was established in 2005. DUWO wanted to give student organizations and stakeholders from the educational world influence on its policy and involve their expertise. The higher education institutions in the DUWO work area and the student organizations are represented on the advisory council. 
View here who is currently part of the student housing advisory council.

Municipalities

We frequently consult with the municipalities in our area. For example, we conduct special student housing conferences with the municipalities and our partners in the educational field. We have also entered into performance agreements regarding future student housing with the municipalities.

Corporations

We collaborate with other student housing corporations through Kences, the Knowledge Centre for Student Housing. We also collaborate with regional corporations: Sociale Verhuurders Haaglanden (SVH) [Association of Social Rental Agencies Haaglanden] and  Amsterdamse Federatie van Woningcorporaties (AFWC) [Amsterdam Federation of Housing Corporations].

Our primary partners:

• Idealis
• Woningstichting Rochdale
• SSH Student Housing
• SSH&
• Lieven de Key

Residents

DUWO likes to stay in close contact with its tenants. For example, we collaborate with residents' organisations and residents' committees. Students' residences have nestors. The nestor acts as an intermediary between DUWO and the residents of the students' residence. Read more about residents' participation.

Our primary partners:

• BRES (Leiden)
• Duwoners (Amsterdam, Haarlem, Hoofddorp)
• Vereniging Bewoners Uilenstede [Residents Association Uilenstede] (VBU, Amstelveen)
• WijWonen (Delft)

Third party management

DUWO also manages homes for third parties. These could be homes of fellow corporations that want to contribute to combating the room shortage, but leave the operation to DUWO as a specialist in student housing. For example, DUWO manages Rochdale homes in Amsterdam and DUWO and Rochdale have also developed homes in 50%-50% ownership. This is 100% managed by DUWO. In The Hague and Delft, DUWO manages three complexes with almost a thousand Nester student units.

DUWO also manages student housing for market parties, such as: Bouwinvest, Rockfield, Haerzaethe and pension funds.