Binhôme

What Binhôme does

Binhôme SC is a Brussels-based Société Immobilière de Service Public (Public Service Real Estate Company) operating under the formal tutelage of the Société du Logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (SLRB/BGHM). Founded in 2015, the company manages a regulated portfolio of more than 2,500 social and moderate-income housing units across the municipalities of Uccle and Ixelles, housing approximately 5,000 residents. Its mandate is the delivery of dignified, affordable rental housing to Brussels households meeting regional income, residency, and property-ownership eligibility criteria; assignments are made through a formal application and waitlist process weighted by priority points.

The organization does not operate a software product or technology platform — its offering is the housing stock itself, supported by tenant management services (rent review, mutations, transfers), property maintenance and technical services (Technische Dienst), and community engagement initiatives such as the Caban'O Merlo participatory project at the Merlo building (312 units). Its primary technology infrastructure is a WordPress-based public website (binhome.brussels) with Matomo analytics and GDPR-compliant cookie controls; no proprietary platform, API, SaaS offering, or mobile application is disclosed.

Binhôme generates revenue exclusively through regulated rental income. Rents are calculated annually based on dwelling value, household composition, household income, and housing type, in accordance with Brussels regional rules, and indexed each 1 January. Tenants submit updated income and household documentation each July. The company employs 51-100 staff, operates from a headquarters on Rue Emile Claus in Uccle with a secondary counter on Rue Jean Ballegeer, and has no subsidiaries, funding rounds, M&A activity, or commercial monetization layer. Its commercial posture is therefore that of a publicly-tutored cooperative delivering a regulated public service rather than a market-driven enterprise.

Name

Binhôme

Legal name

Binhôme SC

Website

https://binhome.brussels

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Binhôme SC is a Brussels-Capital Region Public Service Real Estate Company under SLRB tutelage that manages 2,500+ social and moderate-income housing units across Uccle and Ixelles, housing approximately 5,000 residents through a regulated rent and waitlist allocation framework.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rental income from social housing: BinHôme generates revenue through rental payments collected from tenants in its social and moderate-income housing portfolio. Rents are calculated annually based on the value of the dwelling, household composition, household income, and housing type, in accordance with Brussels regional regulations. Rents are indexed each year on 1 January following an annual review process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Binhôme is a Public Service Real Estate Company that manages a portfolio of more than 2,500 social and moderate-income housing units across the Brussels municipalities of Uccle and Ixelles. Its core activity is renting these units to eligible low- and moderate-income households, allocating housing through a regional priority-point waitlist, conducting annual rent reviews, and maintaining the housing stock through an in-house technical service. Additional offerings include tenant support services, energy-efficiency and fire-prevention guidance, and community participation projects such as Caban'O Merlo.

Product overview

Binhôme is a Société Immobilière de Service Public (public social housing company) operating under the tutelage of the Société du Logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (SLRB). It manages a portfolio of over 2,500 social and moderate-income housing units across the municipalities of Uccle and Ixelles in Brussels, Belgium. Its primary offering is social housing rental services for eligible households, supported by tenant management, housing allocation (based on waiting-list priority scoring), property maintenance and technical services, and community participation initiatives such as the Caban'O Merlo project. Binhôme does not operate a software product, platform, or SaaS offering — its operations are entirely focused on public housing management and tenant services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Social Housing Rental Services
• Moderate-Income Housing Rental Services
• Housing Allocation and Waitlist Management
• Technical and Property Maintenance Services
• Caban'O Merlo Community Participation Project

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• PCS Merlo (Projet de Cohésion Sociale Merlo)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023BinHôme collaborated with the PCS Merlo (Social Cohesion Project) to place residents at the center of the renewal of the Merlo building. The PCS Merlo organized a needs assessment among residents starting in 2023, which led to the participatory Caban'O Merlo project, supported by the '101% collective space' call for projects from the SLRB.
• SLRB (Société du Logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale) / BGHM (Brusselse Gewestelijke Huisvestingsmaatschappij)coreOthersBinHôme is a public real estate company (Société Immobilière de Service Public) operating under the supervision of the SLRB (also known as BGHM), the Brussels Regional Housing Company. The SLRB serves as the supervisory authority for BinHôme and all other OVAs in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• RecyclartminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecyclart collaborated with children from the Merlo neighborhood in 35 participatory workshops, teaching them to use tools and construct the Caban'O Merlo structures including stairs, walls, bookshelves, and the fully self-built 'Éveil' (Awakening) cabin.
• Sterput (art gallery)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSterput, an art gallery, co-facilitated 10 creative workshops with 15 children to imagine and build models of their 'ideal homes,' which became the foundation of the Caban'O Merlo project. Sterput also led the decoration of the structures through painting on wood, stencils, murals, and mosaics.
• Théâtre National (National Theatre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Théâtre National decided to extend the Caban'O Merlo participatory approach by commissioning three new cabins built by Recyclart from the children's models to illustrate the visual identity of its 2025-2026 season. At the end of the season, these cabins will be returned to the Merlo garden.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Wonen in Vlaanderen: Flemish social housing agency and operator representing the Dutch-speaking equivalent of BinHôme's public service housing model. Comparable public service mission and tenant allocation rules, though operating in a different Belgian regional regulatory framework.
• La Sambrienne: Walloon Société de Logement de Service Public (SLSP) managing social housing in the Charleroi region. Operates the same Belgian public housing model but under Walloon regulatory supervision, providing a regional peer benchmark for the broader Belgian social housing sector.

Broad incumbents

• Ymere: Large Dutch housing corporation managing around 75,000 social housing units across the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Operates the same Dutch woningcorporatie model with regulated social housing, comparable to BinHôme's public service real estate model.
• Paris Habitat: Largest French public housing operator (HLM) managing over 230,000 social housing units on behalf of public authorities. Operates an analogous social landlord model with regulated rents and public-service obligations, though at substantially larger scale than BinHôme.
• Vonovia: Largest German residential real estate company managing over 500,000 apartments across Germany and other European countries. Operates a broader commercial rental housing model but provides a useful scale benchmark for European residential rental operations and urban housing portfolios.
• De Key: Major Amsterdam housing corporation (woningcorporatie) managing approximately 45,000 social housing units. Operates the analogous Dutch regulated social landlord model with rent caps, income targeting, and government supervision, comparable to BinHôme's public service housing framework.
• Eigen Haard: Amsterdam-based housing corporation managing around 60,000 social and mid-market housing units. Same Dutch woningcorporatie model with regulated rents and tenant allocation rules, comparable to BinHôme's regulated public housing operation.
• Mitros: Dutch housing corporation managing around 30,000 social housing units in the Utrecht region. Comparable to BinHôme as a regulated public landlord with government supervision, income targeting, and public-service obligations.
• CDC Habitat: National French social housing operator managing over 540,000 units as a subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts. Comparable as a public-mandated social landlord with government oversight and regulated rents serving income-targeted tenants across France.

Direct peers

• Le Logement Bruxellois: Other Brussels Société Immobilière de Service Public (SISP) operating under the same SLRB regulatory framework, managing social and moderate-income housing in different Brussels municipalities. Directly comparable as a peer public service real estate company with identical governance, allocation, and rent-calculation rules.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/binh-me-scrl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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