Bellevue Opens New Permanent Housing Solution for Homeless Adults

Plymouth Crossing Apartments, a permanent housing complex for homeless adults, recently opened in Bellevue. The apartment building is located on Southeast Eastgate Way, along Interstate 90.

Inclusive of 92 studio units, the building has community spaces like television and reading rooms, kitchens, gardens, and staff offices. There are also three units for live-in staff. It is part of a housing campus that includes a men’s shelter operated by Congregations for the Homeless and lower-income family housing operated by Inland Group, according to the website.

Plymouth Housing connects its residents with services that can help them to change the course of their lives. Each resident is paired with a Housing Case Manager that refers them to services like on-site nursing and medical care, behavioral health treatment, substance use treatment, hospice care, veterans counseling, family reunification, community activities, and more.

Plymouth’s mission is to eliminate homelessness and address its causes by preserving, developing, and operating safe, quality, supportive housing and by providing homeless adults with opportunities to stabilize and improve their lives.

The apartments are subsidized, and residents pay 30% of their income toward rent and need to follow their lease and building rules. For residents who have no income upon move-in, Plymouth will pay for the minimum rent payment for 12 months or until they become connected to an income resource.

There is no time limit on stays at Plymouth Housing. Some residents live there for a few years before moving into a different permanent apartment, while others are there for the rest of their lives.

This is the first project of its kind to open on the Eastside.