What We Do
Bratton Center is committed to developing affordable, program-enriched housing for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs who lack the economic resources to access quality, safe housing opportunities. Regardless of the scale and population served, each Bratton Center community is built with an unwavering commitment to dynamic partnerships, creative vision, and extensive community planning.
As one of the largest and most experienced nonprofit affordable housing developers in the country, Bratton Center has the ability to handle every aspect of affordable real estate development including project financing, community outreach and planning, construction management, property management, and asset management
National and Regional Partnerships
We are one of only a few national organizations that provide affordable housing for all low- and moderate-income populations. We serve families, seniors, and people with special needs with the full spectrum of affordable housing, including supportive housing for the formerly homeless, transitional housing, and permanent rental. Bratton Center partners nationally and regionally with public, private and government partners to combine the best affordable housing development practices to build our communities.
Community Preservation
Bratton Center is also addressing the critical gap in the supply of affordable housing through affordable housing preservation. Thousands of multifamily rental properties are at risk of being lost from the pool of available affordable housing because of expiring public funding. By buying, refinancing, and upgrading those facilities, Bratton Center can supply more affordable housing opportunities for the long-term without engaging in a great deal of new construction.
Sustainable Development
In a focused effort to enhance Bratton Center’s sustainability through the stewardship of human, financial, and environmental resources, we’re engaging our development, construction, property management, asset management and design teams to implement our Building Hope Initiative. The Building Hope Initiative includes a utility baseline project to gather benchmarking data for utility usage, energy audits, use of federal weatherization and green retrofit funding, and sustainable development standards for all new construction. Sustainable development provides tremendous benefits to residents through reduced energy costs and healthier indoor environments. Bratton Center recently completed energy audits and implemented upgrades and retrofits to save on building energy costs.
Bratton Center, Inc (BCI) was established in 2008 to provide property management services for Bratton Center’s affordable housing communities. Today, Bratton Center manages hundreds of properties across the United States for multiple ownership groups with a wide variety of product, regulatory and population types. BCI is a proven leader in the national market for affordable housing property management. With regional management offices located in five cities across the nation, BCI offers a national support structure in Saint Louis, MO which includes: real estate accounting, compliance, insurance, information technology, human resources and resident services. BCI currently manages over 300 properties serving 22,500+ affordable apartment homes in 21 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Washington.
At each property we manage, we hold true to our operating objectives which include:
- Maximizing financial results
- Maintaining the property to the owner’s standards
- Creating and sustaining a challenging and rewarding work environment for employees
- Delivering superior customer service by exceeding expectation
