A study of how Egnahemsfabriken could be providing sustainable solutions to some of society’s most challenging issues How an application for collective house building projects and local food production can improve integration, reduce the housing shortage and create other synergies throughout society
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Sweden is in a difficult position with big challenges to solve with integration and supplying
accommodation for groups of people in socioeconomic vulnerable positions. As the world
economy is trembling in front of what very well could be one of the biggest economic crises that
we have experienced in our lifetimes, these issues are surely not going to disappear by
themselves. Egnahemsfabriken are looking for solutions that could potentially have immense
impact on both of these challenging issues. However, they have not quite managed to succeed in
actually providing what their main goal is; to build homes for, and together with, the most
socioeconomic vulnerable groups in society which have been identified as immigrants, young
people and old people. They have on the other hand already achieved great results in creating a
local force to be reckoned with in the form of an arena in which social endeavours related to
social building, food production, sustainability and especially integration is taking place. This
research has taken a viewpoint of analysing the business model of Egnahemsfabriken as a multi sided platform with various user sides represented by self-builders, investors, charitable funds,
companies and individuals who are interested in contributing. As such, the study found a few
areas in which Egnahemsfabriken potentially could improve in order to gain more traction and
reach its goals. In order to empower and create an environment in which its various user sides
would take more initiative it could be necessary to build an online platform in the form of an
application. The idea is to design an app that makes it easy for these different user sides to
interact on their own terms, while at the same time providing guidance and opportunities to offer
goods and services, transparency for investors and possibilities of quality control. The app
should be open to initiatives from all sides, where investors, charitable funds and other
contributors more clearly can see what difference they are making, thus giving more incentive to
continue to contribute. If the app is easy to use, open to various social activities and ways of
conducting business, it could turn out to unleash a wave of entrepreneurial spirit that could create
ripple effects on the local economy.
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multi-sided platform, sustainability, social building, socially responsible investments, scaling, governance, local economics, food production, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, open source, solidarity, entrepreneurship