Programs: Social services - over 800 of our housing units house individuals coming from homelessness, many of whom have special needs including mental illness, physical disability, involvement with the criminal justice system and/or chemical addiction issues. Phg provides a range of support services to help tenants remain stably housed. These supportive services include: (1) the coming home program, which provides six months of intensive stabilization support services to formerly homeless individuals. (2) the begin at home program, which works to rapidly house individuals who have struggled with long-term or repeated homelessness and the resulting disabling conditions that leave them with no other housing options. (3) the shelter plus care program (spc) and the scattered site program (ssp) , which are permanent supportive housing programs for homeless, disabled and low-income individuals and families. Spc provides housing subsidy and case management services to over 1,169 tenants throughout king county. (4) the housing support program, designed to foster a sense of community by providing continued stabilization support service, community activities and access to community resources such as health care, dental care, mental health services and area food banks. (5) the essential supply center, which provides linens, household goods, cleaning supplies and emergency food supplies/toiletries to assist tenants during their transition into permanent housing. (6) computer resource centers, which provide space, equipment and instruction to enhance tenant's technology skills. (7) the on call program, which gives tenants opportunities to gain job skills by training them as front desk and janitorial staff. (8) tenant opportunities which include access to coffee socials, outdoor recreation, classes (such as artwork, photography and creative writing), community meals, legal advice and support group meetings.
housing provider - in 2017, plymouth housing group (phg) managed 1,051 low-income units in downtown seattle or surrounding neighborhoods. Of these, 468 units in 6 buildings were owned by phg, 559 units in 7 buildings were owned by tax credit limited partnerships or limited liability companies in which phg is the managing general partner or main member, and 24 units in one building were owned by a single-asset entity formed to own a hud-financed property, with phg as the project sponsor. All phg tenants have incomes below 60% of the area median income (ami), with over 800 units targeting, and affordable to, housholds with less than 30% ami. Over 860 units serve individuals coming from homelessness, many of whom have special needs including mental illness, physical disablility, involvement with the criminal justice system and/or chemical dependency issues. Phg offers on-site case management to these individuals to ensure their housing stability and prevent relapses into homelessness. During 2017, phg owned and managed the following affordable housing properties in seattle: (1) cal anderson house, 24 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 for seniors and veterans; (13) sylvia odom's place, 65 units for tenants who have participated in plymouth's housing options program and have moved to this building for more independent, yet still supportive, living; and (14) williams apartments, 84 units for tenants who are in recovery from alcohol or chemical dependency, with set aside units for veterans.
housing development- in 2016, plymouth began construction on a property located at 7th and cherry in seattle, known as plymouth on first hill. Construction was completed in september, 2017. This property provides 80 units of residential housing for very low-income, chronically homeless individuals. Plymouth also purchased a property at 501 rainer in seattle in 2017 and incurred some predevelopment costs during the year. Construction on this property will begin in 2018.