Bob and Marcia Almquist: A Legacy of Compassion
Posted 04/28/2020
As their Peace Corps service in Bolivia came to an end, Bob and Marcia Almquist had to decide where they’d be for the next chapter of their lives. W...
Call for Artists: 2nd and Mercer
Posted 04/24/2020
Plymouth Housing is searching for an artist to design a mural for our upcoming building at 2nd and Mercer.
Creative Measures of Hope
Posted 04/15/2020
By Chan Boswell, Plymouth staff Like many other organizations both locally and globally, Plymouth has stood witness to the realities that Covid-19’s...
Plymouth’s Response to COVID-19
Posted 03/07/2020
Keeping our staff and residents safe is our highest priority. Thankfully, there are no known cases of COVID-19 in our buildings at this time.
Daily Journal of Commerce: “Plymouth to break ground on Uptown supportive units”
Posted 01/16/2020
Brian Miller reports: “Nonprofit developer Plymouth Housing will break ground tomorrow on its seven-story, 91-unit 2nd & Mercer project, at 610 Second Ave. N. The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. on the corner of Mercer Street, opposite Seattle Center.”
Summer’s Story
Posted 01/06/2020
Summer’s apartment gets more interesting the longer you look. While you can’t miss the mural-sized photo of a forest over her bed, other features reveal themselves slowly. Faucets trigger colored lights. Summer’s cat, Vertical, dashes behind furniture. Beneath the rug, there’s another mural, an underwater scene.
A Call for Compassion
Posted 11/06/2019
“When I first moved in, I wouldn’t speak to people because I wasn’t okay. I was still recovering from everything I’d been through… Now, I can speak from an open heart and open mind.”
Plymouth Thanksgiving
Posted 10/22/2019
At Plymouth, we know that home is more than just a roof over your head or where you turn in for the night. As vital as those things are, they’re jus...
Rickey’s Story
Posted 09/13/2019
“I’ve seen quiet people here go places, y’know,” he explained. “Be more of a citizen. When they didn’t want to come out, they came out on their own, like a turtle coming out of its shell. I mean, it worked for them. It worked for me.”
To New Heights: Sharing Plymouth’s Mission at Smith Tower
Posted 08/29/2019
We really enjoyed the opportunity to engage with Seattleites who want to make our city even better, because we believe that opportunities like this one create change. We wanted to share some of the takeaways from that panel here for people who weren’t in the room, beginning with some common beliefs about homelessness, and ending with its solution