Programme leadership
Translates practice into a scalable, preventive service for employers.
15 years of specialised practice • 2,500+ cases handled
About us
Huursterk is built for early clarity
We combine rental-law depth with a calm, human approach, so housing insecurity does not unnecessarily turn into stress, absence or departure.
Not all stress starts at work. But a lot of stress becomes visible there, especially when someone rents in a market that feels uncertain, expensive or hard to understand.
That is why Huursterk was developed as an external, confidential provision for employees in the rental market. No internal file. No extra HR desk. A place where people can better understand their position and act with more calm.
Our strength lies in the combination of substance and tone. Huursterk is grounded in rental-law expertise, but the way of working is deliberately calm and preventive. We do not make issues bigger than they are.
Sometimes explanation is enough. Sometimes a short check-in helps. Sometimes it is useful to think along a little longer. In all cases, the employee stays in control and the content stays out of the employer's view.
For organisations, that means fewer blind spots around housing stress, more visibility on a hidden risk factor and a support route that fits privacy and wellbeing frameworks.
20k+
tenants helped
Behind Huursterk
Mathijs Betten
housing security & tenancy law specialist
"Housing security often does not start with a procedure, but with calm: knowing where you stand and which step is or is not needed."
Huursterk was developed from more than fifteen years of practical experience in tenancy law and housing security.
In that practice, one thing became increasingly clear: much of the stress does not come only from housing problems themselves, but from uncertainty, dependency and the feeling of having no control over one's own situation.
Huursterk translates that experience into a preventive approach that gives employees calm, clarity and confidence in their rights earlier — without legal escalation as the starting point.
- 15+ years of practical experience
- 20,000+ tenants helped with advice and support
- Specialist in housing stress, housing security and tenancy law
The team
Housing specialist with tenancy-law expertise
Provides calm interpretation in confidential check-ins.
Substantive depth without a legal-helpdesk starting point
Preventive guidance
Helps employees maintain overview and control when uncertainty keeps returning.
Self-direction • calm • de-escalation
Privacy & data
Ensures the employer only ever receives aggregated group-level insights — from 20 participants onward.
DPIA support • data minimisation by design
Our principles
No access to individual situations
No extra caseload for HR
No legal escalation as a goal
No major implementation
No obligation to know in advance whether the problem exists