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Housing programs for individuals and families experiencing unsheltered homelessness, including short-term and permanent housing options. Apply through the Community Resource Center.
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Short-Term Housing
Long-Term Housing
Help Find Housing
Homeless
Housing
Provides housing opportunities for Nooksack Tribal community. Services include Low Rent Program, programs leading to eventual homeownership, and waiting list of Tribal members in need of affordable housing. Nooksack Housing also helps Tribal members connect with other state and federal housing services, including the Section 184 Home Loan Program, Down Payment Assistance, as well as other administrative assistance.
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Help Pay for Housing
Long-Term Housing
Public Housing
Housing Vouchers
Housing
Provides referrals to housing and case management services in Whatcom County. Contact the Community Resource Center to be screened for homeless housing services.
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Housing
Homeless
Long-Term Housing
Short-Term Housing
Housing Vouchers
Apartment complexes providing safe and affordable housing in the community to Lake Whatcom Center clients. Lake Whatcom Center works with the Bellingham Whatcom County Housing Authority to help clients with rental assistance and subsidies.
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Mental Health Care
Mental Illness
Housing
Long-Term Housing
Residential Housing
Provides intensive case management paired with a variety of targeted interventions to homeless families with children, including but not limited to: emergency motel placements, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and rapid rehousing services. Apply for housing programs at Opportunity Council.
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Families
Housing
Long-Term Housing
Short-Term Housing
Homeless
Partnership with several affordable housing properties financed by Bonds and/or Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). Properties are managed by Indigo Real Estate Services. Income limits and other eligibility requirements may vary by property. To find out if you qualify or to learn about availability, you must contact Indigo directly.
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Long-Term Housing
Housing
Low-Income
Apartments designated for individuals who have been involved in the criminal justice system and are otherwise homeless in Whatcom County. Referrals to this program are made through the Whatcom County Coordinated Entry program managed by Opportunity Council.
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Housing
Long-Term Housing
Homeless
Criminal History
Serving families, seniors, and those with disabilities. Units are offered based on availability. Households generally pay 30% of their income for rent. Each property has its own application process; visit the Applicant Portals page to begin the application process.
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Public Housing
Housing Vouchers
Long-Term Housing
Housing
Help Pay for Housing
Families
Seniors
Disability
Low-Income
Housing programs serve low-income individuals, families, seniors, and persons with special physical and mental needs, offering resident support services in addition to a clean and safe place to live.
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Families
Individuals
Seniors
Disability
Low-Income
Long-Term Housing
Housing
A unique opportunity for hardworking families to help build and buy their own homes. Eligibility based on length of Whatcom residency, income, current housing status, ability to make timely monthly mortgage payments, and background check.
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Housing
Low-Income
Long-Term Housing
Mercy Housing owns and operates 9 low-income housing properties in Whatcom County. Many of these properties include additional residential services. Visit website for more information, and to apply to available units.
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Long-Term Housing
Housing
Residential Housing
Help Find Housing
The Housing Choice Voucher program (Section 8) is a rent subsidy program funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and administered by the Bellingham Housing Authority (BHA). This voucher based program is designed to assist lower income families, disabled individuals, and the elderly to find well-maintained housing in the private market in a location of their choosing, at a price they can afford.
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Disability
Seniors
Low-Income
Help Pay for Housing
Long-Term Housing
Housing Vouchers
Housing
Individuals
Families
Bellingham Housing Authority owns and manages properties that are rented to eligible households at a subsidized rate. This program can serve families, seniors, and those with disabilities. Households pay 30% of their income for rent.
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Public Housing
Housing Vouchers
Housing
Long-Term Housing
Help Pay for Housing
Low-Income
Seniors
Families
Disability
Provides 50 units of housing for farm workers and their families in Bellingham. Housing availability changes frequently; for current information, please call.
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Housing
Long-Term Housing