Our mission
Having pioneered the development of the professional single-family home rental (SFR) industry, we are on a mission to provide much-needed housing solutions to US households. We aim to deploy long-term capital and provide the highest quality services to our residents and investors, always supported by vertically integrated operations.
Our mission
OUR HISTORY
In 2011, Lafayette identified a unique opportunity in the U.S. single-family rental market and launched the platform to provide investors with access to the U.S. housing recovery through professionally managed rental housing.
Over time, the single-family rental (“SFR”) sector has grown into a widely recognized institutional asset class and Lafayette is one of its pioneers, managing a diversified portfolio of single-family rental homes and built to rent communities across multiple U.S. markets.
In 2014 we created Brandywine Homes, a property management company that manages 100% of Lafayette’s portfolio. The Lafayette and Brandywine teams are working hard to provide best-in-class management services to their residents to maximize lease renewal rates and control operating costs.
In 2016, we launched Lafayette Lending, a private lending activity dedicated to single-family home investors.
In 2021, Lafayette launched Brandywine Cares, a non-profit organization that provides career coaching and financial education to help households achieve security and build wealth. This initiative further supports our goal of improving the lives of our residents.
In 2022, we created Marquis Homes, a homebuilding company that oversees and internalizes to a larger extent the development and construction of our Build-for-Rent communities to generate material cost savings along with more visibility, control, and alignment of interests.
Since our inception, we have launched four discretionary SFR investment vehicles (three of which are fully realized) and three joint ventures, with most of our capital coming from U.S.-based institutional investors.
Lafayette takes pride in helping address the U.S. housing shortage by delivering new homes to the market and thoughtfully improving the existing housing stock. Expanding supply supports affordability, strengthens neighborhoods, creates jobs, and provides safe, high-quality housing for families who choose to rent.
Our values
Entrepreneurship
A passion for finding new opportunities and building sustainable and scalable operations, and a relentless sense of initiative across all team members who feel empowered and build self-confidence over time.
Discipline
A rigorous mindset and processes to ensure that all our investment and management decisions are deliberate, reasonable, thorough, and intellectually honest.
Transparency & Openness
An open, safe, and communicative environment that encourages visibility, candor, and trust and rejects company politics.