
Housing Programs
Family Housing, Campus Housing, Housing for Households Without Children, and DVSAS Partnership

Family Housing
Mission: to provide immediate and lasting housing interventions as a means to prevent the generational cycle of homelessness from continuing. Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) pairs permanent, income-based rental subsidy with long-term case management to create a comprehensively supportive housing program. Case management is required for the length of time that the client is their unit. Lydia Place has 70 designated PSH apartment units for families with children, in partnership with the Bellingham Housing Authority, to support this effort. Rapid Re-housing (RRH) provides move-in costs along with a short-term (6 month average) tapering rental subsidy for clients approved for housing in the private-rental market. The program begins with an effort to quickly locate and secure housing units, supporting clients in overcoming barriers related to rental screening criteria if needed. Emergency Hotel Stays Lydia Place offers emergency motel stays to vulnerable families with young children. This is an expensive option for emergency shelter, but it has been necessary as there is not enough emergency shelter for families currently available in Whatcom County.

Campus Housing
Mission: to provide immediate and lasting housing interventions as ameans to prevent the generational cycle of homelessness from continuing.
The Campus Housing Program (CHP) provides so much more than simply a safe place to live. Our campuses provide intensive, ongoing case management that supports clients in meeting their short and long-term goals related to housing, finances, education, employment, health, community connectedness, and parenting. Lydia Place Owned and Managed Properties The Campus Housing Program consists of three Lydia Place owned properties.
Baker Place, Bell Tower, and the Gladstone House – totaling 17 total units. In addition, we manage the Chestnut Street House, a single family home owned by Whatcom Educational Credit Union set aside for families as short term emergency housing. This is one of the few resources in our community that keeps families with a male caregiver together while working towards permanent housing.
Heart House (in the works): an 11-unit apartment building and childcare center and A Place for Dads: a single family home planned for a duplex addition. Click here to find out more about this project.

Housing for Households Without Children
Mission: to support individuals in exiting homelessness and achieving sustained independence.
A mix of rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing placements, these services are a partnership with the Whatcom Homeless Service Center and the Whatcom County Health Department targeting the most vulnerable adults on the Housing Pool wait list.