Housing and Community Development

Housing and Community Development

Bon Secours Community Works is committed to improving quality of life for West Baltimore residents through a place-based strategy addressing physical, social, structural and economic conditions. Our Housing and Community Development department develops and provides safe, affordable, high-quality housing and resources for West Baltimore residents, and collaborates with neighbors to create spaces for wellness and socialization cast in their vision, in pursuit of strong, sustainable communities.

This department provides the following programs and services:

Affordable Housing  Bon Secours Community Works owns and operates 800 units of high-quality, affordable rental housing within eight developments. Currently, another 137 units are in-development. Our facilities are conveniently located near critical amenities including transportation, shopping, recreation, and health services. Residents benefit from the support of on-site property managers as well as Resident Service Coordinators. Resident Service Coordinators work to keep residents healthy and socially engaged by leading activities and events for residents and providing support for individual and household needs including employment, food, transportation, technology, and social/ medical services. Amenities in our affordable housing developments include Energy Star appliances, common areas, elevators, outdoor furnished courtyards, in-unit washer and dryers, balconies, Wi-Fi, fitness areas, children’s recreational rooms, secured entry access, and furnished community living rooms, as well as 24-hour maintenance.

Affordable Homeownership Program Bon Secours’ new Affordable Homeownership Program is focused on economic stabilization for neighborhoods and generational wealth building for West Baltimore residents. Construction is in-progress on 20 currently vacant homes on two contiguous blocks of S. Fulton Avenue. When complete, these homes will feature innovative net-zero energy construction methods, enabling the new owners to have low, or potentially no utility bills. Combined with historic tax credit and down payment assistance grants, these homes will be affordable to many. Properties may be available to new homeowners as soon as summer 2025!

See the Affordable Housing Locations Here

Parks and Open Spaces

Bon Secours Community Works collaborates closely with residents and community leaders in planning, designing, and executing community development projects that revitalize underused, often vacant space, creating physical assets that respond directly to community needs and desires. We provide resources, expertise and experience in facilitation, design, development, and facility operations.

We begin by building strong relationships with community members and design partners, and then facilitate planning processes which result in community-specific solutions to community-specific problems. The vision for projects emerges from a genuine user-centered design framework.

See Community Park Locations Here

For more information about the Bon Secours Community Works Community Resource Center, or to reserve a room, please contact Bon Secours Community Works at 401-801-5100 or Community_Works@bshsi.org.