Come Home Baltimore

Come Home Baltimore has two arms working toward a common goal. The for-profit arm, Come Home Baltimore Fund, acquires neglected houses and reconstructs them into LEED-certified homes. Assistance in procuring financing and tax incentives and grants is provided to ensure that the homes are accessible and affordable to prospective buyers. The non-profit arm, Come Home Baltimore Foundation, encourages activism to build community within the neighborhoods, creating opportunities for residents to lend a hand in serving their neighbors. By pairing their efforts, these two arms are working to transform undervalued, underappreciated areas of Baltimore into low-crime, economically integrated neighborhoods, while avoiding gentrification trends that tend to push out long-term residents from a community.

Come Home Baltimore is an initiative to develop "better than new" market rate housing and foster forward thinking and grassroots social change towards sustainable community development.

As of January 2012, Come Home Baltimore has rehabbed 23 homes in the Oliver neighborhood of Baltimore. The company has invested $2.5 million in the neighborhood and expects to increase the total by $6-7 million over the next two years. The company has reached out to veterans through other non-profit organizations, and continues to help prospective buyers procure financial assistance to own a home.