Urban centers are getting increasingly crowded, and the housing market can't keep up, so apps like 'HuisjeHuisje' serve to fill an important role in the urban economy. The Dutch platform lets renters in the Netherlands swap apartments with one another, but only if both parties have liked each others apartments in a matching system similar to Tinder.
While the apartment-swapping system doesn't add new apartments to the market, it helps in fitting the right renters with the spaces they need. For example, the Netherlands has many older couples whose children have moved out of their apartments, leaving plenty of unused extra space. Meanwhile, young families are living in small apartments since they can't find larger spaces at decent prices. Through HuisjeHuisje, it's simple for people from each of those situations to find each other and trade.
Match-Based Apartment Swaps
'HuisjeHuisje' Helps Dutch Renters Trade Apartments
Trend Themes
1. Match-based Apartment Swaps - Apps that allow apartment swaps based on matching systems like Tinder are becoming popular to help fit the right renters with the spaces they need.
2. Housing Resource Sharing - Housting sharing apps and platforms like HuisjeHuisje that allow users to trade or share extra spaces can help maximize the use of existing housing resources and reduce housing shortage.
3. Matching-based Trading Systems - Matching-based trading systems beyond dating and hospitality industries like HuisjeHuisje can create new opportunities for sharing and exchanging resources among individuals and businesses.
Industry Implications
1. Real Estate - Real estate companies can incorporate matching-based trading systems into their real estate platforms or explore partnerships with shared housing apps to attract more renters and optimize existing housing resources.
2. Hospitality - The hospitality industry can develop matching-based trading systems for hotel room, apartment or vacation rental swaps to attract more customers and optimize existing space utilization.
3. Collaborative Consumption - Collaborative consumption platforms that allow sharing or exchanging resources based on matching systems can benefit from the success of HuisjeHuisje and create innovative business models in various industries.