He is a Kurd from Iran and fled to Sweden in 2015 with his sister.
They lived at Mälarblick for a year and a half.
On the same day that the Swedish Migration Agency decided to close Mälarblick due to a reduced need for asylum accommodation, Hafez Mohammadi received his temporary residence permit.
Had the residence permit come later, Hafez would have had to move to Boden, but now he could rent a room and stay in Strängnäs.
- I come from the multimillion-dollar city of Tehran.
When I came here it was cold and dark and I saw almost no human being.
Then I panicked and thought "you do not want to live here".
But as soon as I leave Strängnäs today, I just want to go back, says Hafez Mohammadi.
"Advantage that I have lived here myself"
With his residence permit in his pocket, Hafez began studying Swedish as a second language, at the same time as he worked in the home care service in Strängnäs municipality.
In 2019, he was asked to start working as a landlord in the same place where he himself lived a few years earlier.
Six months later, he became site manager at Mälarblick, but also the nearby arena and two other residences run by the same company in Strängnäs municipality.
- It is definitely an advantage that I have lived here myself.
I understand how those fleeing the war in Ukraine feel and I try to put a lot of time and energy into improving things here, says Hafez Mohammadi.