BAWO – housing for all

Name

BAWO – housing for all

Legal name

BAWO Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe

Website

https://bawo.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homelessness Services Advocacy & Coordination

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Temporary Shelters (624221)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Emergency Shelter, NFIs & Winterization for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAG)

Keywords

• Homelessness services coordination
• Housing first programs
• Social policy advocacy
• Nonprofit umbrella organization
• Professional conference events

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Subsidies: BAWO receives funding from the Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz (Federal Ministry for Social Affairs) and other government bodies to fund its initiatives, including the housing first programme and policy papers.
2. Membership Fees: BAWO operates as a non-profit association with 55 organizational members and 88 individual members who pay membership contributions.
3. Conference and Training Fees: The organization generates revenue through BAWO Fachtagung (professional conference) fees, with tiered pricing for early-bird registrations, members, non-members, and students. Revenue is also generated from Fachtag and training event registrations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

BAWO is the national umbrella organization (Dachverband) for homelessness services in Austria, coordinating 55 member NGOs and 88 individual members across all nine federal states. It delivers advocacy and policy representation to government, organizes the annual BAWO Fachtagung professional conference, publishes policy papers and solution catalogues, and operates the "housing first österreich – zuhause ankommen" initiative that housed 1,800+ homeless individuals into permanent apartments (May 2021 – September 2024).

Product overview

BAWO (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Wohnungslosenhilfe) is a federal umbrella organization (Dachverband) for homeless assistance in Austria, not a technology product company. The organization operates a portfolio of advocacy programs and services including: the 'housing first österreich – zuhause ankommen' initiative (a Housing First implementation project that helped 1,800+ homeless people obtain permanent housing from 2021-2024), annual BAWO Fachtagung professional conferences, policy papers and position statements, BAWO Policy Talk events, a member newsletter, and networking coordination for 54 member organizations. These offerings work together to advance BAWO's mission of ending homelessness and promoting affordable, durable, and inclusive housing for all in Austria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• housing first österreich: A national initiative to end homelessness using the Housing First approach, launched in 2021.

Products and services

• housing first österreich – zuhause ankommen A Housing First implementation programme that accompanied over 1,800 homeless individuals into their own permanent apartments across Austrian federal states from May 2021 to September 2024. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, the initiative demonstrated the effectiveness of the Housing First approach for ending homelessness and directly informed the nationwide Housing First Programme launched by the Social Ministry in October 2024.
• BAWO Fachtagung (Professional Conference) The largest professional gathering of Austrian homelessness services practitioners, offering multi-day conferences with keynote lectures, working groups, workshops, and excursions. Tiered pricing for members, non-members, students, and early-bird registrants. The 2026 edition attracted 300+ practitioners.
• BAWO Newsletter A regular newsletter providing updates on Austrian homelessness developments, BAWO activities, events, and policy positions, distributed by email to members and subscribers.
• BAWO Membership and Networking Services Centralized coordination, networking, and representation services for 55 NGO organizational members and 88 individual members across all nine Austrian federal states, advancing homelessness services standards and policy goals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,800 homeless individuals housed through the 'housing first österreich – zuhause ankommen' initiative (May 2021 – September 2024)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gemeinnützige Bauvereinigungen (GBVs) – non-profit housing providerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Non-profit housing providers (GBVs) were the primary housing supply partners in the 'housing first österreich – zuhause ankommen' initiative, providing 86% of the nearly 1,000 apartments used. Social organizations and GBVs worked daily together to find suitable apartments and support people in starting their new homes.
• Housing First Österreich (Zweigverein der BAWO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Housing First Österreich is a branch association (Zweigverein) of BAWO that administers the nationwide Housing First programme launched by the Austrian Social Ministry in October 2024. This programme was inspired by the success of the BAWO 'zuhause ankommen' initiative.
• FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBAWO is an active member of FEANTSA, contributing to European-level networking, knowledge exchange, and collective advocacy on homelessness. FEANTSA is the European umbrella organization for national homelessness organizations. BAWO's participation enables it to bring European perspectives and standards to Austrian homelessness policy.
• Statistik AustriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBAWO collaborated with Statistik Austria on a project to improve data on registered homelessness and housing exclusion in Austria. The collaboration resulted in an updated address registry for registered homelessness data from 2008 to 2018. BAWO provided expert review of the address list and contributed a supplementary report on underreported forms of homelessness.
• Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz (BMSGPK)coreOthersThe Federal Ministry for Social Affairs is the primary government funder of BAWO's initiatives, including the 'housing first österreich – zuhause ankommen' initiative and various policy papers. BAWO presents its statistical reports and project results to the Ministry.
• IBA Wien 2022minorGTM or Marketing PartnerBAWO collaborated with IBA Wien 2022 (International Building Exhibition Vienna) on a film project titled 'BAWO, der Film,' in which people affected by homelessness and experts explain what affordable, permanent, and inclusive housing means to them. FilmSpektakel produced the video.
• Wiener Frauenarbeitskreis / bundesweite FrauenvernetzungminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBAWO supports the Vienna Women's Working Group (Wiener Frauenarbeitskreis), which aims to make Viennese homelessness services woman-friendly. A nationwide networking meeting for women-specific facilities is held annually within the BAWO Fachtagung.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Homeless Link: UK national membership organization for homelessness charities and housing support providers. Directly comparable to BAWO in providing membership services, training, policy advocacy, and data/research products to a national homelessness-services sector.
• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege (BAGFW): Germany's national umbrella of major welfare associations (Caritas, Diakonie, AWO, Paritätischer, etc.). Closely comparable to BAWO in organizational form (national Dachverband of welfare/social services NGOs) and in advocacy role toward the federal government.
• Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness: Canadian national umbrella organization working to end homelessness through Housing First and policy advocacy. Comparable in mission, methodology (Housing First focus), and national advocacy and member-convening role.
• National Alliance to End Homelessness: US-based national nonprofit umbrella advocating to end homelessness. Comparable to BAWO in mission, advocacy function, policy research output, and convening of practitioner networks — though operating at much larger scale in the US context.
• FEANTSA – European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless: European-level umbrella federation of which BAWO is a member. Directly comparable as a homelessness-sector umbrella organization performing advocacy, networking, and policy influence, operating one level above BAWO across EU member states.
• Fédération des Acteurs de la Solidarité (FAS): France's national federation of associations working with people in precarious housing and homelessness situations. Comparable to BAWO as a national membership umbrella for homelessness/housing-exclusion service providers with policy advocacy and research functions.

Others

• Caritas Österreich: Austrian confederation of Caritas organizations and one of BAWO's largest NGO members. Included as an ecosystem peer: not a direct peer (it is a member of BAWO), but it is a comparable Austrian welfare umbrella that also delivers services and advocates on social policy.

Broad incumbents

• European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN): European network of NGOs and groups fighting poverty and social exclusion, with national member organizations. Comparable in advocacy and umbrella function but broader in scope (poverty generally, including but not limited to homelessness).
• European Social Network (ESN): European network for public social services, including housing and homelessness. Comparable in its advocacy and networking function toward EU institutions but broader in scope (covers all public social services, not just homelessness).

Regional players

• Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Sozialverbände (sovd): Major German welfare/social-policy advocacy organization. Comparable as a national umbrella advocating on social policy including housing and poverty issues, though not exclusively focused on homelessness as BAWO is.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PL5sW3guJSDVV-hZI_h5EEjfs1NwfgEYP4
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bawo

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

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