Connecting people and fostering independence through innovative and affordable housing, because everyone needs a place to call home.
Connecting people and fostering independence through innovative and affordable housing, because everyone needs a place to call home.
Creating a culture of community members sharing resources to prevent homelessness
Shared Housing Services offers low-income individuals and families innovative and affordable solutions to prevent homelessness and foster independence through home sharing and transitional housing programs that include case management services and connections to vital community resources.
In our Youth Host Home program, we have home providers throughout all of Pierce County; our Adult Homesharing program covers all of Pierce County, South King County, and North Thurston County. Our Transitional Family Housing units are located in the City of Tacoma.
Shared Housing Services is a 501c3 nonprofit organization located in Tacoma, Washington. Our mission is “Connecting people and fostering independence through innovative and affordable housing, because everyone needs a place to call home”.
The organization was founded in 1991 with the launch of our signature Homesharing Program. Building on that success, eight years later, we purchased 12 units of housing and initiated our Transitional Family Housing Program.
At the end of 2012, we established, in partnership with the REACH (Resources for Education and Career Help) Center, the Host Home Program to address the needs of unaccompanied homeless youth and young adults.
All of our programs provide for basic human needs and promote self-sufficiency for some of the most vulnerable in our community. Shared Housing Services aims to reduce and prevent homelessness by providing low-income individuals and families with safe, stable, affordable housing, to find innovative ways, tailored to each individual, to address homelessness, to reduce dependence on public funds by providing low-cost housing alternatives, and to help struggling families and individuals, including youth, by connecting them to vital community resources.
Shared Housing Services offers individuals and families innovative and affordable solutions to prevent homelessness and foster independence through home sharing and transitional housing programs that include case management services and connections to vital community resources.
Our Homesharing program extends service to Pierce, South King, and North Thurston Counties. Our Transitional Family Housing units are located on our own premises in the City of Tacoma. The Host Home program benefits from home providers who host and mentor youths throughout Pierce County.
Shared Housing Services is a non-profit agency serving the Tacoma area since 1991. We need the support of generous donors to continue our tradition of service to our community.
We will gladly accept financial support but we are also always in the need for volunteer support as well. We will gladly accept other types of donations as well. Please contact us at (253) 272-1532 form information on how you can volunteer at Shared Housing Services.
If you are more comfortable with using the USPS or simply dropping off your donation then please the following address.
Shared Housing Services
901 South 11th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
Associated Ministries has provided a comprehensive list of community resources in our area.
The Shared Housing Services Guild was officially formed on December 18, 2014. Prior to the Guild’s founding, volunteers simply helped on a wide range of activities without a formal recognition. The Guild was founded to widen our reach to the community, offer Board and Staff support, increase Board diversity, and assist in our effort to recruit new Board members.
Guild volunteers are associates to the Board of Directors with limited duties and responsibilities. Under the direction of the Executive Director, they may work on special projects, depending on the volunteers’ specific qualifications and Shared Housing Services’ needs. Guild members may partner on numerous artistic, technological, legal, medical or administrative services. They can mentor and help clients, lead specific workshops, participate in fundraising efforts, establish community contacts, seek donations or procurement items on behalf of Shared Housing Services. Guild members can also provide minor property repair, landscape maintenance, and offer their specific talent and skills to help Shared Housing Services fulfill its mission.
We welcome all community members to join us as volunteers. To serve on the Guild, please contact the Executive Director.
Mark Merrill, Executive Director
253-272-1532
901 South 11th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
We have many partner organizations that provide valuable
resources and support that helps us complete our mission of providing safe,
affordable housing for those in need.
We wish to recognize all of our sponsors for their much
appreciated and strong support of Shared Housing Services and our programs.
Shared Housing Services seeks people who are qualified, who share our mission, who share our commitment to excellence, show personal and professional integrity with a passion of wanting to make a difference in our community.