Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc.

Mission Statement

CHAI is a nonprofit housing and community development organization serving northwest Baltimore City and adjacent Baltimore County neighborhoods in Pikesville. Through nearly four decades of community service, CHAI has forged deep connections with the goal of making northwest Baltimore a stronger, better community in which to live, learn, and grow older.

CHAI accomplishes this mission by:

• Rehabilitating housing and providing supporting repair/weatherization services
• Promoting homeownership, providing housing counseling and loans to assist in the purchase and upgrade of homes
• Providing services to the most vulnerable populations in our neighborhoods
• Developing and managing affordable senior living housing
• Supporting neighborhood organizing and development
• Working to strengthen area schools through community engagement

What We Do 

Since 1983, CHAI has:

• Increased home ownership and economic stability in northwest Baltimore
• Increased neighborhood safety and strengthened community associations and public schools through community organizing
• Served the needs of low-income senior adults through the Senior Home Repair and Modification Program, Senior Friendly Neighborhoods, and Senior Community Engagement
• Assisted hundreds of people every year to become homeowners and renovate and upgrade their homes through its Homeownership Services program
• Produced or renovated 1,488 units of multi-family housing for low-income senior adults
• Enabled hundreds of low-income senior adults to stay in their homes safely and affordably
• Provided foreclosure counseling to approximately 130 homeowners annually

CHAI is a non-profit organization committed to equal housing opportunity.CHAI is an agency of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore