Bellingham Housing Authority

Waiting Lists

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Open Soon: Whatcom County, Washington Section 8 Voucher

The Bellingham & Whatcom County Housing Authorities will accept Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list applications from July 15, 2024 at 10:00 am, until July 19, 2024 at 10:00 am PT. This is the first time the waiting list has been open since it closed in September, 2023.

Income Qualification

The maximum income limits for each household size are as follows:

  • 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 has 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 will be placed on the waiting list by random lottery, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist is open, 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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Whatcom County, Washington.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via email, apply@bellinghamhousing.org or call 360-676-6887 and enter extension 1015.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 06/25/2024.

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Open Soon: Varsity Village, 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Bellingham Whatcom County Housing Authorities (BWCHA) will accept Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for 1, 2 and 3-Bedroom apartments at Varsity Village Apartments from July 8, 2024 at 10:00 am PT, until further notice.

Preferences

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

Selection Process

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, by order of preferences.

Application Method

To apply while the waitlist is open, complete the online application.

For more information, visit the BWCHA website.

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

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Bellingham, Washington.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via 360-676-6887.

IMPORTANT: This is not the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Section 8 Project-Based Voucher tenants are required to live in a specific apartment community or scattered site. After one year of occupancy, a Project-Based Voucher tenant may request to be placed on a waiting list to receive the next available Housing Choice Voucher or similar tenant-based rental assistance.

Last Updated on 06/25/2024.

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Closed: City of Bellingham, 3-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Bellingham County, Washington.

Last Updated on 05/23/2024.

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Closed: City of Bellingham, 1-Bedroom Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Bellingham, Washington.

Last Updated on 06/17/2024.

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Closed: Deer Run Terrace Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Bellingham, Washington.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: River House Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Lynden, Washington.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: City of Bellingham, 2-Bedroom Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in City of Bellingham, Washington.

Last Updated on 05/23/2024.

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Closed: City of Bellingham, 2-Bedroom, Public Housing

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.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Whatcom County 3-Bedroom Public Housing

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Whatcom County, Washington. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: City of Bellingham, 3 and 4 Bedroom Public Housing

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Bellingham County, Washington. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 05/23/2024.

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Closed: Whatcom County, 4 Bedroom Public Housing

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Whatcom County, Washington. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 05/23/2024.

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Closed: City of Bellingham, 1-Bedroom Senior / Disabled Public Housing

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.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Senior and Disabled Public Housing rental assistance in City of Bellingham, Washington. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 05/23/2024.

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Closed: Everson Meadows Farm Labor Project-Based

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.

Last Updated on 05/23/2024.

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Closed: Sumas Square, 1-Bedroom, Elderly and Disabled USDA Rural Development Housing Senior and Disabled

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.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Birchwood Manor and Catherine May, Elderly and Disabled Senior and Disabled

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.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Bellingham Housing Authority

333 N. Samish Way, Bellingham, WA | Visit Website | (360) 676-6887

Bellingham Housing Authority provides affordable housing for up to 2,334 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Bellingham Housing Authority is located in Whatcom County, WA.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

Office Hours

Open today from 8:00am to 12:00pm PT.

Day Hours
Monday 8:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday 8:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday 8:00am-5:00pm
Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm
Friday 8:00am-12:00pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed