98,000 quality, affordable homes for the Netherlands

By 2030, up to 3 billion people will need a new home (source: World Bank Group/United Nations). At an average of six people per dwelling this translates to a staggering demand for 500 million homes globally. Even in Western countries the growing shortage is evident, with the Netherlands alone needing 980,000 more homes in six years.
Starting in The Netherlands, The Great Initiative for Homes (Het Grote Wooninitiatief) aims to coordinate the realization of at least 10% of demand through sustainable collaboration, scalable mass production and digitalization. A well-coordinated supply-chain structurally increases the output, turning this challenge into a unique opportunity to scale.

Crowd-development platform 

Through professional collaboration and partnerships The Great Initiative for Homes is establishing a crowd-development platform, the new online service for future homeowners and all stakeholders. It unburdens individuals and groups of future homeowners, providing abundant opportunities to co-create their living environments.
The entire process from idea to realization will become more transparent, efficient and scalable, greatly benefiting consumers from collective purchasing of plots, services, and modules offered by respectfully cooperating partners.

Focal points:
  • Gathering relevant information on locations, budget and living preferences
    Empowered with this data, instant pairing of suitable locations with potential crowd-developers gets the projects started.
  • Profit-sharing for landowners and crowd-developers
    Mutually beneficial plot deals on multiple sites result in project pipelines for building applications and make the upcoming production foreseeable.
  • Designing buildings for consent
    Parametric engineering, and Virtual Reality design enhance the decision-making process for all stakeholders and provide broad support for new living environments required to secure consent.
  • Scaling up mass-production, logistics and on-site assembly
    Mass-production of building components and engaging in on-site assembly of eco-buildings, with game-changing innovations in circular building materials, result in significant time and cost savings.
  • Providing collective mortgages, insurance, and services
    Innovation, co-creation and collective purchase reduce the cost-of-living by ~25%, making enhanced livability attainable for crowd-developers.
Changemakers 

Collaborating within a crowd-development ecosystem brings amazing advantages, where success of each is adding to the success of a group working in synergy. The platform brings all parties to one virtual round table for smooth cooperation and greater transparency, resulting in significant time and cost savings. Partnerships with qualified firms further enhance delivery at scale and create a strong coalition for change, with the capacity to expand the Initiative into other housing markets.

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Endorsements

As a specialist in the innovation of building materials, methods, and digitization, I have greatly enjoyed contributing to the preparations for this initiative. It is urgently time for the sector to catch up by finally enabling sustainable projects on a large scale, according to the desires of those who will live in them. The Great Initiative for Homes is ideally suited to relieve all stakeholders and to organize everything that matters much faster and better.

Dr. Manfred Mahler

Bautark

Our Sustainer.home system offers flexible solutions for sustainable timber construction, ranging from apartments to townhouses. With innovative 3D models and digital supply chain integration, we accelerate the transition to scalable, affordable sustainable building. The focus of The Great Initiative for Homes on crowd-developers’ housing preferences is perfectly in tune with the times. We are ready to collaborate on many projects.

Gert van Vugt, CEO

Sustainer

Institut Bauen und Umwelt (IBU) calculates and publishes eco-balance values necessary for sustainability requirements. We support The Great Initiative for Homes and partners in presenting their ecological new construction projects that excel in CO2 reduction and endorse the significant benefits of this platform. At IBU, we look forward to further collaboration.

ir. Hans Peters, chairman

IBU

In my book Legolisering van de bouw (Legolization of Construction, 2011), I highlight inefficiencies in the construction industry and propose solutions to reduce costs and improve quality. It’s promising that The Great Initiative for Homes embraces an innovative approach that prioritizes consumer needs and integrates these improvements. I believe this will inspire the conservative construction sector to address both the housing shortage and its climate impact.

Prof. dr. ir. Hennes de Ridder – Emeritus Professor of Integrated Design at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Delft University of Technology

We produce high-quality, groundbreaking energy solutions that make new homes completely self-sufficient. We are proud to contribute to making homes affordable and truly sustainable. This can significantly reduce utility costs, perfectly aligning with the crowd-development concept. Yes, we’re in!

Jurgen van Loon, CEO

Stanstechniek Gaanderen

The Great Initiative for Homes is supported by