What Sint Joseph Almelo does

Sint Joseph Almelo is a Dutch social housing corporation (woningstichting / woningcorporatie) founded in 1919 and headquartered at Twentelaan 5, Almelo. It manages approximately 4,900 rental units primarily within the municipality of Almelo, with a smaller presence in the neighboring Dinkelland municipality, and also rents ancillary real estate including garages, parking spaces, office buildings, and retail premises. As a non-profit entity operating under the Dutch Woningwet, it provides affordable rental housing below market rates to individuals and families in the region, including first-time renters, downsizers, and tenants requiring housing transitions.

The organization's core product is its social housing portfolio, allocated through the regional WoningHuren.nl platform and supported by a proprietary digital tenant portal, 'Mijn Sint Joseph', which handles maintenance requests, rent management, and tenant communications. The corporation runs an active construction and renovation pipeline, including the Rumerslanden new-build project (32 new homes delivered 2025-2026 replacing 145 demolished units), the De Stoker development (35 new social rental apartments under construction from November 2025, completion mid-2027), and the Blauwhuisweg/Tubantiastraat renovation and sustainability project (35 homes, started February 2026). Contractor partners include Ter Steege Bouw Vastgoed Rijssen B.V., Plegt Vos, and Ter Steege Hardenberg, with cross-corporate solidarity financing provided by De Woonplaats.

The business model is straightforward: recurring monthly residential and commercial rental income, supplemented by ancillary service fees, reinvested into property maintenance, new construction, and sustainability upgrades rather than distributed as profit. Sint Joseph engages directly with tenants (no intermediaries), coordinates regionally with peer housing corporations Welbions and Woon Twente on housing turnover policy, and maintains a local presence through LinkedIn, Instagram, and a dedicated careers site. It employs between 51 and 100 people and reports no M&A activity, no venture funding, and no parent company.

Name

Sint Joseph Almelo

Legal name

Sint Joseph

Website

https://stja.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sint Joseph Almelo is a non-profit Dutch housing corporation founded in 1919 that manages approximately 4,900 social rental homes, plus ancillary commercial properties, for tenants in the Almelo and Dinkelland municipalities of the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Housing

NAICS

Rental and Leasing Services (532), Lessors of Real Estate (5311)

SIC

Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513)

akta.pro primary industry

Affordable & Subsidized Housing Property Management (LIHTC, Section 8) (BPAJAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Residential Lease Administration & Tenant Services (BPAJAFAL)

Keywords

• Social housing rental
• Residential property management
• Affordable housing
• Commercial property leasing
• Tenant services

Headquarters

HQ city

Almelo

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Residential Housing Rent: Primary revenue from renting approximately 4,900 social housing units to tenants in Almelo and surrounding Dinkelland municipality. Rents are typically below market rate as social housing.
2. Commercial Property Rent: Secondary revenue from renting out garages, parking spaces, office buildings and shop spaces.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sint Joseph Almelo is a Dutch housing association that owns and manages approximately 4,900 social rental homes across the Almelo and Dinkelland municipalities in the Netherlands. In addition to residential letting, it rents out a smaller portfolio of commercial real estate — including garages, parking spaces, offices, and retail units — to businesses and individuals.

Product overview

Sint Joseph Almelo is a mid-sized social housing corporation (woningstichting) managing approximately 4,900 rental properties in the Almelo area, with a portfolio that includes residential homes as well as ancillary real estate assets such as garages, parking spaces, office buildings, and retail premises. Their digital tenant portal 'Mijn Sint Joseph' provides residents access to services including maintenance requests, contact forms, and rent management. The organization operates ongoing development and renovation projects (such as Nieuwbouw De Stoker, Rumerslanden, and Blauwhuisweg/Tubantiastraat) to expand and modernize their housing stock.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social rental housing Long-term residential letting of approximately 4,900 regulated social rental homes across the Almelo and Dinkelland municipalities, allocated via the WoningHuren.nl regional platform to eligible households.
• Commercial property rental Leasing of commercial real estate units — including garages, parking spaces, offices, and retail space — owned by Sint Joseph and rented to small businesses and individuals in the Almelo region.
• Mijn Sint Joseph tenant portal Online self-service portal for tenants of Sint Joseph to manage their tenancy, access services, and interact with the housing association digitally.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Woon TwentecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Woon Twente is the regional housing corporation network organizing collaborative meetings on housing policy. Sint Joseph participates in these sessions to share experiences and develop new ideas for helping tenants find better-matching housing.
• WelbionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2026Welbions hosted the June 16, 2026 meeting of Twente housing corporations including Sint Joseph, where they discussed improving housing turnover and tenant support in the region.
• Plegt VosmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 February 2026Plegt Vos is the construction company executing the renovation and sustainability work at the Blauwhuisweg/Tubantiastraat project covering 35 homes. Work started February 23, 2026.
• Ter Steege HardenbergmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Ter Steege Hardenberg is the contractor working with Sint Joseph on the Westeres renovation project. An information evening was held with the project team.
• Ter Steege Bouw Vastgoed Rijssen B.V.majorTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2025Ter Steege Bouw Vastgoed Rijssen B.V. is the construction contractor building the 35 social housing apartments in the De Stoker project on the Indië terrain in Almelo. Construction started November 2025 with expected completion mid-2027.
• De WoonplaatscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025De Woonplaats provided a solidarity contribution (solidariteitsbijdrage) that enabled Sint Joseph to build social housing on the Indië terrain. This contribution made it financially feasible to develop housing in this unique location.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Ter Steege Bouw Vastgoed: Construction contractor building the De Stoker project for Sint Joseph. Not a peer in business model but an enabling partner whose capacity directly affects Sint Joseph's development pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• Woonzorg Nederland: Dutch woningcorporatie specializing in housing for seniors. Same regulatory framework, with an overlap in Sint Joseph's senior tenant segment but broader portfolio mandate.
• Portaal: Dutch woningcorporatie operating across multiple provinces with social and mid-market rental housing. Same regulatory framework and tenant services focus as Sint Joseph, but at much greater scale.
• Eigen Haard: Large Amsterdam-area woningcorporatie. Same Dutch social housing regulatory regime, but significantly larger portfolio and broader geographic footprint.
• Mitros: Utrecht-based woningcorporatie managing tens of thousands of homes. Comparable Dutch social housing operating model and tenant services offering, with broader geographic reach.
• Ymere: Major Dutch woningcorporatie active in multiple regions. Comparable business model of owning and renting social housing, but at national scale well beyond Sint Joseph.

Direct peers

• De Woonplaats: Dutch woningcorporatie operating in the Twente region and a named strategic partner of Sint Joseph (providing solidarity contribution for De Stoker). Comparable social housing mandate, governance, and tenant base.
• Vivare: Arnhem/Nijmegen-area woningcorporatie with comparable mid-sized social housing portfolio and renovation activity. Similar regulatory regime and tenant demographic.
• Welbions: Twente-based woningcorporatie that co-hosts regional housing corporation meetings with Sint Joseph and Welbions peers. Directly comparable scale and social housing focus.

Regional players

• Woon Twente: Regional housing corporation network in Twente that Sint Joseph participates in. While itself a collaborative network rather than a direct operator, member corporations are direct peers in mandate and geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sint-joseph-almelo
• Instagraminstagram.com/sintjosephalmelo

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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