Plymouth Housing Group

DEVELOPS AND MANAGES AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS AND VERY LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

SOCIAL SERVICES - PLYMOUTH OPERATES OVER 965 HOUSING UNITS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXITING HOMELESSNESS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SIGNFICANT PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS, DISABILITIES, REPEAT INTERACTION WITH HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTIONS, AND SHELTERS, AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. PLYMOUTH PROVIDES A RANGE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP TENANTS REMAIN STABLY HOUSED. PLYMOUTH'S CASE MANAGEMENT APPROACH EMPHASIZES PROACTIVE, ASSERTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH TENANTS. STAFF NURTURE TRUSTING LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS TO PROVIDE A BASE FOR INCREASED STABILITY AND RECOVERY. SERVICES ARE VOLUNTARY BUT STAFF ARE PROACTIVE AND PERSISTENT IN BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP, OFFERING SERVICES AND SUPPORT. STAFF ARE TRAINED IN MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, HARM REDUCTION, DE-ESCALATION, AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. STAFF MEET WITH NEW TENANTS TO COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT AND HOUSING SERVICES PLAN FOCUSING ON THE TENANT'S SELF-IDENTIFIED NEEDS AND GOALS. STAFF WORK WITH TENANTS TO MEET THEIR GOALS BY HELPING THEM ACCESS NEEDED COMMUNITY SERVICES SUCH AS: MEDICAL, DENTAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT, VETERANS SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, FOOD BANKS, CHORE SERVICES, PAYEE SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. STAFF ALSO WORK WITH TENANTS TO QUALIFY FOR INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND IMPROVE SKILLS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN STABLE HOUSING, EITHER THROUGH DIRECT SUPPORT OR REFERRAL TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS. STAFF OFFER SUPPORT FOR TENANTS STRUGGLING WITH PERSONAL CRISES, THOSE FACING CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DEATH, MAKING END OF LIFE DECISIONS, AND SEEKING RECONNECTION WITH FAMILY MEMEBERS. PLYMOUTH ALSO OPERATES THE SHELTER PLUS CARE PROGRAM (SPC) AND THE SCATTERED SITES PROGRAM (SSP), WHICH ARE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS, DISABLED AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. SPC & SSP PROGRAMS PROVIDE HOUSING SUBSIDY AND CASE MANAGMENT SERVICES TO OVER 1,091 TENANTS THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY.

HOUSING PROVIDER - IN 2021, PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP (PLYMOUTH) MANAGED 1,255 LOW-INCOME UNITS IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE OR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. OF THESE, 619 UNITS IN 8 BUILDINGS WERE OWNED BY PLYMOUTH, 606 UNITS IN 7 BUILDINGS WERE OWNED BY TAX CREDIT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES IN WHICH PLYMOUTH IS THE MANAGING MEMBER. ALL PLYMOUTH TENANTS HAVE INCOMES BELOW 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME (AMI), WITH OVER 1,034 UNITS TARGETING, AND AFFORDABLE TO, HOUSEHOLDS WITH LESS THAN 30% AMI. OVER 1,034 UNITS SERVE INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM HOMELESSNESS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS INCLUDING MENTAL ILLNESS, PHYSICAL DISABLILITY, INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS . PLYMOUTH OFFERS ON-SITE CASE MANAGEMENT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS TO ENSURE THEIR HOUSING STABILITY AND PREVENT RELAPSES INTO HOMELESSNESS. DURING 2021, PLYMOUTH OWNED AND MANAGED THE FOLLOWING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES IN SEATTLE: (1) ALMQUIST PLACE, 105 UNITS; (2) DAVID COLWELL BUILDING 126 UNITS; (3) HADDON HALL, 55 UNITS; (4) HUMPHREY HOUSE, 84 UNITS; (5) LEWISTON APARTMENTS, 54 UNITS; (6) PACIFIC APARTMENTS, 112 UNITS; (7) PLYMOUTH ON FIRST HILL, 80 UNITS; (8) PLYMOUTH ON STEWART APARTMENTS, 87 UNITS; (9) PLYMOUTH PLACE APARTMENTS, 73 UNITS, (10) ST CHARLES APARTMENTS, 64 UNITS, (11) SCARGO APARTMENTS, 48 UNITS; (12) SIMONS SENIOR APARTMENTS, 95 UNITS; (13) SYLVIA ODOM'S PLACE, 65 UNITS; (14) WILLIAMS APARTMENTS, 84 UNITS; (15) KRISTEN BENSON PLACE, 93 UNITS.

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT - IN 2021, CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED ON A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2ND AND MERCER, KNOWN AS KRISTIN BENSON PLACE. THIS PROPERTY IS NOW PROVIDING 93 UNITS OF LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, SERVING PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS RESIDENTS. PLYMOUTH CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION ON TWO PROJECTS (1) ON A BUILDING LOCATED AT 12TH & SPRUCE (103 UNITS); AND (2) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BELLWETHER HOUSING, A BUILDING LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF MADISON STREET AND BOYLSTON AVENUE (365 UNITS, OF WHICH 115 UNITS WILL BE OWNED AND MANAGED BY PLYMOUTH). ALSO, DURING 2021, PLYMOUTH BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON A BUILDING LOCATED AT OR ABOUT 13620 SE EASTGATE WAY IN BELLEVUE (95 UNITS); WHICH WILL PROVIDE HOUSING FOR VERY LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.