Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership

What Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership does

Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership (BRHP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2012 that administers the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program as a subcontractor of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City. The organization was created as a remedy under the 2005 federal court ruling in Thompson v. HUD, which found HUD in violation of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 for operating a segregated public housing system. BRHP currently provides tenant-based and project-based Housing Choice Vouchers to approximately 4,388 low-income families, coupled with pre- and post-move counseling and landlord outreach, helping participants transition from areas of concentrated poverty in Baltimore City to opportunity areas across five surrounding counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard counties, and the City of Annapolis).

BRHP's core product surface is the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program, augmented by the Healthy Children Voucher Demonstration (a health-focused initiative in partnership with Johns Hopkins University serving up to 150 families) and the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative (a 2015 partnership with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and five local public housing agencies committing 150 project-based vouchers). The organization supports its program with a network of 3,734 active property partners, a self-serve applicant portal (myportal.brhp.org), and consulting services that advise peer public housing agencies in other metros.

BRHP generates revenue through government voucher administration contracts (the dominant funding stream, routed via the Housing Authority of Baltimore City), supplemented by foundation grants (including a Kresge Foundation planning grant for the HCVD) and emerging consulting fees. As a nonprofit, BRHP does not charge participants for services and is governed by an independent board of directors; it does not have equity shareholders and is not publicly traded. The organization does not publicly disclose its financials.

Name

Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership

Legal name

Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership

Website

https://brhp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that administers Housing Choice Vouchers and counseling for about 4,388 low-income families across Baltimore City and five surrounding counties, operating under the Thompson v. HUD desegregation settlement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Housing Assistance Services

NAICS

Community Housing Services (62422), Other Community Housing Services (624229), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Housing Voucher & Rental Assistance Programs (Tenant-Based/Project-Based) (FSALAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public & Affordable Housing Programs (Subsidies, Vouchers, Public Housing) (BPAIANAA), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Housing mobility programs
• Rental assistance services
• Housing choice vouchers
• Tenant counseling services
• Affordable housing administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Housing Choice Voucher Administration: BRHP administers tenant-based and project-based Housing Choice Vouchers for low-income families, providing rental assistance coupled with counseling support as they move from areas of concentrated poverty to opportunity areas in Baltimore City and surrounding counties.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BRHP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that administers the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program, providing Housing Choice Vouchers (both tenant-based and project-based) coupled with pre- and post-move counseling to low-income families. The program helps over 4,300 families move from areas of concentrated poverty to opportunity neighborhoods in Baltimore City and five surrounding counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard counties, and the City of Annapolis). Services are delivered at no cost to participants, supported by government contracts and supplemented with counseling, landlord outreach to a network of 3,734 active property partners.

Product overview

Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership offers a single unified program—the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program—that combines tenant-based and project-based Housing Choice Vouchers with comprehensive supportive services. The core program is enhanced by the Healthy Children Voucher Demonstration (a health-focused variant serving up to 150 families), pre- and post-move counseling, and active landlord recruitment. BRHP serves over 4,300 families through rental assistance, partnering with 3,734 property owners across Baltimore City and five surrounding counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Baltimore Housing Mobility Program: The core program administered by BRHP that helps low-income families use housing vouchers coupled with support services to move to areas with stronger schools, lower poverty, and more opportunity.

Products and services

• Baltimore Housing Mobility Program Regional housing mobility program helping low-income families use Housing Choice Vouchers to move from areas of concentrated poverty to opportunity neighborhoods in Baltimore City and five surrounding counties, coupled with pre- and post-move counseling and landlord outreach.
• Healthy Children Voucher Demonstration (HCVD) Health-focused housing mobility program serving up to 150 Baltimore City families with children, helping them move to better-quality housing to improve health outcomes. A partnership between BRHP, Johns Hopkins University, and health care providers.
• Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative Regional initiative providing project-based Housing Choice Vouchers to local property owners and developers to rent units to low-income families, in partnership with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and five local public housing agencies.
• Landlord Outreach and Property Partner Recruitment Active outreach and recruitment of landlords and property owners to participate in the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program, creating access to quality housing in resource-rich communities across the Baltimore region for low-income participant families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Families move from ~30% to ~5% neighborhood poverty, a shift from the 5th to the 77th percentile of the national neighborhood-poverty ranking
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Johns Hopkins UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019BRHP partners with Johns Hopkins University and health care providers for the Healthy Children Voucher Demonstration (HCD) Program, a health-focused housing mobility initiative serving up to 150 families. Researchers Craig Pollack and Laken Roberts collaborate on the program.
• Healthcare Providers (Baltimore Region)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Health care providers partnering with BRHP in the Healthy Children Voucher Demonstration program to address the connection between housing and health outcomes, inspired by the Mobility Asthma Project (MAP) research findings.
• Baltimore Metropolitan CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015BRHP partners with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council and five local public housing agencies to provide project-based vouchers to local property owners and developers through the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative. The partnership has committed 150 vouchers to the initiative.
• Baltimore County Office of HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local public housing agency partner in the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative.
• Harford County Housing and Community DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local public housing agency partner in the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative.
• Housing Authority of Baltimore CitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015BRHP operates as a subcontractor of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, administering the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program and other remedies from the Thompson v. HUD case.
• Housing Authority of the City of AnnapoliscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local public housing agency partner in the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative.
• Housing Commission of Anne Arundel CountycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local public housing agency partner in the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative.
• Howard County Housing CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local public housing agency partner in the Baltimore Regional Project-Based Voucher Initiative.
• Mobility WorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration of non-profits, researchers and policy experts working to help low-income families move from poor, segregated neighborhoods into diverse communities with high performing schools. BRHP shares lessons learned with other housing authorities and service providers throughout the nation through engagements with public housing agencies in New York City, Buffalo, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Wilmington.
• Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBRHP staff attended the Housing Is Summit convened by CLPHA, presenting on the HCD program alongside Johns Hopkins School of Public Health researchers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Charlotte Housing Authority: Public housing agency cited in BRHP's Mobility Works peer network. Comparable regional HCV administrator focused on moving families to opportunity areas.
• Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority: Administers HCVs in western New York and is cited among housing authorities that have engaged with BRHP's Mobility Works network. Comparable regional voucher administrator with mobility programming.
• Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh: Regional HCV administrator partnering with Mobility Works to deliver housing mobility services. Direct peer in administering vouchers with counseling supports across a multi-county region.
• Inclusive Communities Project: Dallas-based nonprofit that pioneered housing mobility programs using Housing Choice Vouchers plus counseling to move low-income families from high-poverty to opportunity areas—same core model as BRHP, adapted to a different region.
• Cook County Housing Authority: Regional Housing Choice Voucher administrator that runs mobility-focused initiatives in the Chicago metro. Operates a similar voucher-plus-counseling framework as BRHP at a larger geographic scale.

Broad incumbents

• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit that finances and develops affordable housing and supports housing mobility initiatives. Operates at broader scope across many states but shares the mission-aligned, nonprofit posture driving BRHP's work.
• New York City Housing Authority: Largest U.S. public housing authority and a major HCV administrator. Overlaps with BRHP on federal voucher administration and litigation-driven mobility programs, but operates at vastly greater scale across the five boroughs.
• Housing Authority of Baltimore City: BRHP's principal subcontracting partner and Baltimore's primary public housing agency. Provides BRHP with HUD contract authority and the Thompson-derived mandate, while directly operating most Baltimore public housing and voucher programs.

Emerging players

• Make Room: Nonprofit advocacy and narrative-change organization promoting rental housing access for low-income renters. Complementary rather than directly competitive, but aligned on the housing mobility and opportunity-area missions.

Others

• National Low Income Housing Coalition: National advocacy organization focused on expanding access to affordable housing. Adjacent to BRHP through policy and funding alignment rather than direct program delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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