Housing Those Who Have Served: A Special Promoters of Plymouth Event
Posted 10/03/2018
A Discussion on Veterans, Homelessness, and the City of Seattle. Tuesday, 10/30/18, 6pm. Tickets $5, available here.
People, Not Problems
Posted 09/07/2018
Plymouth’s mission is at once simple and incredibly intricate. Person by person, we end homelessness. To do that, we construct new buildings, furnish studio apartments, and provide wraparound services.
Chanh’s Story: a Refugee Finds a Permanent Home
Posted 09/01/2018
Chanh arrived in the United States in 1982. His family had passed away. He knew no one. He had fled Vietnam and survived the hazardous trip to Thailand. After living in Thailand for three years waiting for an American visa, he faced a difficult decision: to return to Vietnam and face possible execution, or to stay in Thailand and face the dangerous refugee conditions.
Latricia’s Story
Posted 08/27/2018
Latricia is a petite 50-year-old woman with twinkling eyes, a sweet laugh, a soft voice and incredible strength. At age 25, she was a nursing student living with her mother. When Latricia started hearing voices, her mother did her best to help. But she didn’t realize her daughter suffered from schizophrenia. As the illness worsened, normal life became impossible. Her mother, Latricia’s sole source of emotional support, moved out of state. Latricia was left behind.
A Second Chance and a New Foundation
Posted 08/25/2018
There is no shortage of gratitude emanating from Plymouth on First Hill resident, William. “If it wasn’t for my awesome medical team at Harborview working with all the good people at Plymouth Housing, I don’t know if I’d be sitting here today,” he says. “They’ve given me a second chance.”
Housing and Healing
Posted 07/30/2018
Sabrina left her birthplace in New Jersey when she was 17 because there was no tolerance or understanding for a transgender teenager in her small hometown. When she was young, she was taken to a psychiatrist and narrowly avoided being institutionalized. “After that, I just got better at hiding,” she said. “But there’s nowhere to hide anymore.”
Pride at Plymouth
Posted 06/22/2018
Plymouth is proud of our LGBTQIA staff members and residents. We believe in the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of everyone in our community: residents, staff, and Board.
Outstanding Voices: Paul Lambros
Posted 06/08/2018
Plymouth’s Executive Director, Paul Lambros, was selected as one of the 2018 Outstanding Voices by the GSBA and Puget Sound Business Journal.
The Right Place
Posted 04/27/2018
Yvetta has been living at our Plymouth on Stewart building since August 2006 and has been able to make a comfortable life for herself since moving in. She has become a fixture on the block, making friends with people that pass by her favorite spot to enjoy the sun on Stewart Street. Anyone who walks by finds that they simply can’t resist her irrepressible cheer.