Bellingham Housing Authority

The Bellingham & Whatcom County Housing Authorities last accepted accepted Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from July 15, 2024, until July 19, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Income Qualification

The maximum income limits for each household size were as followed:

• 1 Person $36,950 | 5 Persons $57,000
• 2 Persons $42,200 | 6 Persons $61,250
• 3 Persons $47,500 | 7 Person $65,500
• 4 Persons $52,800 | 8 Persons $69,700

Preferences

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Terminated due to Insufficient funding.
• Individuals or families displaced by government action.
• Individuals or  families who are either current residents of the Housing Authority Public Housing Program or other approved subsidized housing who are inappropriately housed or who are on the Public Housing waiting list and for whom the Housing Authority has no appropriate housing.
• Families or victims of domestic violence.

Selection Process

600 selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA public notice on June 25, 2024.

The Bellingham Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 3-Bedroom apartments in the City of Bellingham from July 17, 2023, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 23, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not been confirmed.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA on May 23, 2024.

The Bellingham Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments in the City of Bellingham from June 6, 2024, until the earliest confirmed close date of June 11, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Preferences

Preferences have not been confirmed.

Selection Process

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application was received, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA on June 11, 2024.

The Bellingham Housing Authority (BHA) waiting list for 2-Bedroom Public Housing apartments is currently closed. Pre-applications were last accepted from October 25, 2019, until an unconfirmed close date. 

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online pre-application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

The Bellingham Housing Authority (BHA) Public Housing waiting list for 3-Bedroom apartments is currently closed. Applications were last accepted since at least September 2020, until at least October, 2021.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the BHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BHA, as of September 18, 2020.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 4-Bedroom apartments for Whatcom County from July 17, 2023, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 23, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Individuals or families displaced by government action.
• Individuals or families who are either current residents of the Housing Authority Public Housing Program or other approved subsidized housing who are inappropriately housed or who are on the Public Housing waiting list and for whom the Housing Authority has no appropriate housing.

It was not known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA on May 23, 2024.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted Public Housing waiting list applications for 3 and 4-Bedroom apartments for the City of Bellingham from July 17, 2023, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 23, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Individuals or families displaced by government action.
• Individuals or families who are either current residents of the Housing Authority Public Housing Program or other approved subsidized housing who are inappropriately housed or who are on the Public Housing waiting list and for whom the Housing Authority has no appropriate housing.

It was not known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA on May 23, 2024.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted City of Bellingham Senior and Disabled Public Housing waiting list applications for 1-Bedroom apartments from November 6, 2023, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 23, 2024.  There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA on May 23, 2024.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted Farm Labor waiting list applications for 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Everson Meadows Apartments from the earliest confirmed date of October, 2019, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 23, 2024. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

According to the BWCHA, Everson Meadows is, "Located in Everson specifically for households who earn income through agricultural employment."

To apply during the opening period, complete the online application.

This waiting list has the following preferences:

• Disabled Set Aside
  • Disabled Household is an applicant family with at least one member who has a verifiable disability.
• Large Family Set Aside
  • Large Family Household is an applicant family with four or more members who are eligible for a three bedroom unit.

It is not known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA application page on May 23, 2024.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at River House is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 2-Bedroom apartments at Deer Run Terrace is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) last accepted City of Bellingham Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list applications for 2-Bedroom apartments from November 6, 2023, until the earliest confirmed close date of May 23, 2024. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply while the waiting list was open, applicants were required to complete the online application.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the BWCHA on May 23, 2024.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) waiting list for 1-Bedroom USDA Rural Development Housing apartments at Sumas Square is currently open. Applications are being accepted from October 25, 2019 at 9:30 am PT, until an unconfirmed close date. 

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Disabled Set Aside
  • Disabled Household is an applicant family with at least one member who has a verifiable disability.

It was not known how selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

The Bellingham and Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) waiting list for Elderly and Disabled apartments at Birchwood Manor and Catherine May is currently closed. It is not known when this waiting list was last open, or when it will reopen.

According to the BWCHA, Birchwood Manor is, "Located in the Birchwood Neighborhood of Bellingham for households with a member age 62 or older or persons with a disability.  Tenants typically pay 30% of their income toward rent," and Catherine May is, "Located in the Samish Neighborhood of Bellingham for households with a member age 62 or older or persons with a disability.  Tenants typically pay 30% of their income toward rent."

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.