Brothers Redevelopment joins forces with Community Housing Partners to expand affordable housing
In a strategic move to strengthen affordable housing efforts in the city of Aurora, the nonprofit organizations Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. (BRI) and Community Housing Partners (CHP) today announced that they are joining forces to expand resources for families and individuals seeking stability through affordable housing in Aurora.
With leaders of both agencies providing insight and guidance, Brothers Redevelopment will step in to manage all operations and assets for CHP, which promises greater access to housing and services for the clients that each agency serves. CHP’s longtime Executive Director, Signy Mikita, who is moving to Maryland in the coming months to help with family health issues, will serve as a consultant to CHP in the near term. Brothers President Jeff Martinez will retain his current title and also step in to serve as CHPs new Executive Director.
Outgoing CHP Board President Jane Harrington, meanwhile, will join the Brothers Redevelopment Board of Directors, which also will now serve as the governing body for both organizations.
“Brothers Redevelopment is honored, and humbled, to continue the work of CHP, and its talented team and Board,” Martinez said. “This is a tremendous opportunity to leverage our current programming, develop new relationships and tailor more services to better serve Aurora families who have housing needs.”
Neither CHP nor Brothers’ current clients will see any change in service. Brothers Property Management (BPM), BRI’s exclusive management agent, will continue to oversee CHP’s affordable housing portfolio, which is composed of three Aurora communities offering 183 affordable apartments to the city’s families: Plaza Townhomes at Macon/Moline, located at 1431 Moline St; Townhomes at Tollgate Creek, located at 17236 E. Baltic Pl., and the recently opened Eagle Meadow Homes, located at 14965 E. 2nd Ave. BPM has been managing these sites for CHP since 2019.
“Since 2005 when I served as Arapahoe County’s Housing and Community Development manager, I’ve worked closely with Jeff Martinez and Brothers Redevelopment and I know CHP will be in very caring and capable hands,” Mikita said. “Brothers will bring economies of scale to CHP’s operations that were challenging for a small staff of two.”
CHP’s successful efforts to deliver affordable housing and provide resident programming seamlessly complement the many services offered by Brothers Redevelopment.
The alliance will enable both agencies to extend their respective and notable legacies of serving Aurorans. Established by the Aurora Housing Authority as the Aurora Housing Corporation, Community Housing Partners has been developing affordable rental housing for Aurora’s low income families since 1985, many of whom were homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Ever since, CHP has been changing lives by offering families safe and stable housing, while giving them support, life skills and connections to resources that will allow them to gain employment and education. Throughout its history, the organization also has offered case management and supportive services to clients who reside in its communities–helping families remain stably housed.
Established in 1971, Brothers Redevelopment provides housing and housing services for low-income, elderly and disabled residents across the state. The organization hears from tens of thousands of residents annually who are seeking some form of housing or assistance.
With the addition of the CHP communities, Brothers Redevelopment’s Aurora portfolio will expand to four communities. The agency also owns and manages the 39-unit Paris Family Apartments, located just west of the Fitzsimons campus, at 1702 Paris St.
Martinez said Brothers intends to grow its presence in Aurora, with plans to develop a new affordable community in the coming months in collaboration with Arapahoe County. Brothers was recently awarded funding from the county, and the state of Colorado, to begin construction next year on a 60-unit affordable community, located at 1900 S. Chambers Rd. The site will serve justice-involved and housing-insecure individuals by providing housing and a variety of on-site services to residents, including employment support and training, behavioral health counseling, and community resources navigation.
Additionally, Brothers hopes to expand the housing related services it offers to residents in Aurora, including housing navigation and support through the housing helpline Colorado Housing Connects (1-844-926-6632), home modification and repairs and free house painting for seniors through the agency’s popular Paint-A- Thon program.
For more information, you can visit the Community Housing Partners website at www.ch-partners.org. You can also visit the Brothers Redevelopment website, www.brothersredevelopment.org.