Housing/Shelters
Allentown Bureau of Building Standards and Safety
425 Hamilton Street, Room 20
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610-437-7690
Complaints: 610-437-7694
Description of Services: Handles complaints on unsafe living conditions rental housing/apartments
Allentown Housing Authority
1339 Allen Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-439-8678 (Office) 610-439-0481 (Tenant Selection)
Fax: 610-439-8884
Description of Services: Apply for public housing or Section 8 Housing, based on income.
Public Housing Allentown
Cumberland Gardens Community Center Little Lehigh
501 East Cumberland Street
671 Lawrence Court
Allentown, PA 18103
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-791-0461
Phone: 610-432-4455
Hanover Acres/Riverview Terrace Community Building
242 East Linden Street
Allentown, PA 18106
Phone: 610-432-9515 (manager)
610-435-2661 for Hanover Acre Tenant problems
Allentown Housing Rehabilitation Program
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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435 Hamilton Street, Third Floor
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610-437-7696
Description of Services: Offers loans and grants to owner occupied houses in the city in certain
city areas to correct housing code violations (including removing lead from homes). Call for more
information.
Allentown Rescue Mission Housing
355 Hamilton Street, Box 748
Allentown, PA 18105
Phone: 610-740-5500
Fax: 610-740-0646
Website: www.allentownrescuemission.org
Email: info@armpa.org
Description of Services: Provides housing for males in crisis, homeless. Bilingual staff person
(Spanish-English) available at times.
Alliance for Building (ABC) Communities
830 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610-439-7007
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Fax: 610-439-7888
Website: www.ruralisc.org
Email: afbc@enter.net
Description of Services: A home buying program for lower income people and families. ABC
assists them to become homeowners by providing fully rehabilitated homes at affordable prices.
They counsel and walk you through the home buying process. ABC also offers rental housing to
individuals with disabilities. Must meet eligibility guidelines. Has Spanish speaking staff.
American Red Cross – Lehigh Valley Chapter (Valley Wide Help)
2200 Avenue A
Bethlehem, PA 18017-2181
Phone: 610-865-4400
Fax:
610-865-5871
Valley Wide Help:
Phone: Allentown: . . . . . .
Bethlehem: . . . . .
610-435-7111
610-691-8711
Easton: . . . . . . . . 610-252-4357
Slate Belt: . . . . . .
610-588-5512
TTY/TDD: . . . . . . 610-866-0131
Website: www.redcrosslv.org
Publications Directories: www.irissoft.com/vwhp
Email: lvarc@usa.redcross.org
Description of Service: Provides emergency housing assistance in disasters and fires. Valley Wide
Help; 24 hour information and referral ser4vice provided by the American Red Cross of the Greater
Lehigh Valley. Trained Information Specialists listen to the callers’ problems and identify the callers’
needs through interview techniques and problem assessment. They then consult Valley Wide
Help’s comprehensive computerized database of over 2,000 referral sources to identify specific
organizations that may be able to assist them. Also provide disaster response, heath and safety
administrating and classes, armed forces emergency communication for family members and Valley
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Wide Help (telephone information Line). Also provides housing for males in crisis, homeless.
Bilingual staff person (Spanish-English) available at times.
Business Office Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Anthracite Regional Center For Independent Living
44 W. Broad Street
Hazleton, PA 18201
Phone: 570-445-9800 or 800-777-9906
The Beall and Linny Fowler Hospitality House of the Salvation Army
344 N. 7th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-432-0128
Description of Services: Emergency shelter for women and children. (Bilingual staff available
Spanish-English). Also transitional housing longer term.
Bethlehem Bureau of Inspections
10 East Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Phone: 610-865-7091
Description of Services: Receives and acts on rental housing complaints, and issues building
permits.
Bethlehem Housing Authority
645 Main Street
Northeast Office
Bethlehem, PA 18018
1429 Fritz Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18017
Phone: 610-865-8300
610-865-8342 or 610-865-8309
Fax: 610-865-3333
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Website: www.bha645.com
Email: info@betha.com
Description of Services: Apply for public housing or Section 8 (private) subsidized apartment or
house. Handles complaints on unsafe living conditions or problems with public housing.
Bethlehem Housing Rehabilitation Program
10 East Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Phone: 610-865-7095
Description of Services: Grants and loans to qualified owners in Bethlehem to correct code
violations rehabilitate homes.
Carbon County Housing Authority
215 Third Street
Lehighton, PA 18235
Phone: 610-377-9375
Fax: 610-377-9397
Carbon County Assistance Office (Department of Public Welfare)
101 Lehigh Drive
Lehighton, PA 18235
Phone: 610-577-9020
Fax: 610-577-9043
Website: www.dpw.state.pa.us
Description of Services:
** Catholic Charities
530 Union Boulevard
Allentown, PA 18109
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Phone: 610-435-1541
Website: www.catholicharietiesinfo.org or www.allentowndiocese.org
Description of Services: Immigration issues and counseling, paperwork, and citizenship classes.
Fees charged for some immigration services. Call for information. Also help with rent assistance
and budget counseling. Also provides counseling for grief experiences and family problems. Runs
a pregnancy/support counseling program for expectant adults and young families called “caring
Hearts:” Adoption, to adopt, or adopt out. Foster care programs. Some programs are free or
sliding fee scale for some programs. Spanish speakers on staff.
Hours: Office 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday through Friday by appointment
Center City Ministries
PO Box 5458
314 Filmore Street
Bethlehem, PA 18105
Phone: 610-691-3373
Description of Services: Hospitality and emergency shelters.
Center for Independent Living
435 Allentown Drive
Allentown, PA 18109
Phone: 610-770-9781
Website: www.lvcil.org
Description of Services: Helps individuals with disabilities to find housing; helps qualify people for
Section 8 housing. Assists individuals to make home handicapped-accessible (known as Access
Lehigh Valley). Provides sign language interpreter services. Call for information. Helps connect
people to sports and recreation opportunities open to those with disabilities. Offers sign language
interpreter and sign language classes. Advocate available for hose with disability related issues,
consumer needs.
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Community Action Committee
1337 E. 5th Street (Forte Building)
267 S. 2nd Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Lehighton, PA 18235
Phone: 610-691-5620
610-377-6400
Fax: 610-691-6582
Website: www.caclv.org
Email: caclv@caclv.org
Description of Services: Runs free first-time home-buying classes 3 Saturdays and counseling
programs on completion of program, can assist with home-buying cost, publishes Right Stuff About
Renting (a free booklet) and answers questions on renter’s issues. Runs free income tax filing
service for lower income adults/families during tax season. Bilingual staff and classes. Call for
information. Also helps with Weatherization, utility bill payment assistance and furnace repair
assistance.
Note: if you think you are being cheated by your mortgager company or home equity lender call
800-755-1563 (CACLV’s Hotline).
Drug and Alcohol (D & A) Transitional Housing
Phone: 610-782-3200
Description of Services: Available to assist Lehigh County residents who are currently in outpatient
treatment for substance abuse or successfully completed residential treatment within the past 15
days and have no other financial means to acquire initial housing. All applicants are required to
have a face-to-face interview and present picture identification, written proof of: current
participation in D&A treatment, employment, income and a letter from the housing owner/manager.
To apply please call.
Easton Area Neighborhood Center, Inc.
902 Philadelphia Road
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-253-4253
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Description of Services: Food bank can be used 1 time a month; food bank serves south side
residents of Easton Must bring social security cards, proof of income for all family members.
Hours of operation are Monday 9 am – 3pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9 am – Noon
Also helps with rent assistance (when funds are available). Call first for appointment.
Easton Codes and Rehabilitation Office
1 South 3rd Street, 3rd Floor
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-250-6724
Description of Services: Handles complaints on unsafe living conditions in rental and other housing;
issue permits for renovations
Easton Housing Authority
PO Box 876
221 South 4th Street
Easton, PA 18044
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-258-0806
Description of Services: Apply for public housing and Section 8 housing.
** Easton Neighborhood Center
902 Philadelphia Road
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-253-4253
Description of Services: Rent assistance (when funds are available). Call first for appointment.
Ferry Street Apartments
600 Ferry Street
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-253-7118
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Description of Services: Transitional housing for homeless families who are working on goal of
independence through further education/training. One third of family income goes to rent. May
stay up to 2 years. Have 10 units.
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley
245 N. Graham Street
Allentown, PA 18109
Phone: 610-776-7737
Fax: 610-776-7569
Website: www.habitatlehighvalley.org
Email: office@habitatlehighvalley.org
Description of Services: Help in building or renovation of homes.
Halfway Home of the Lehigh Valley
119 – 121 N. 8th Street
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610-439-0218
Fax: 610-439-8713
Website: www.treatmenttrends.org
Email: hwhomelv@fast.net
Description of Services: Transitional living for recovering addicts.
** Hispanic American Organization
136 S. 4th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-435-5334
Description of Services: Rental assistance to those eligible (when funds are available).
Homeless Supportive Services Project
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Lehigh County Conference of Churches
544 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA
Phone: 484-664-7320
Description of Services: Provides intensive case management services for disabled people who are
chronically homeless. This program links homeless individuals with housing, job training and
physical and behavioral healthcare, income assistance, food and nutrition, and socialization
opportunities.
Housing Association and Development Corp. (HADC)
513/515 Chew Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-432-6336
Description of Services: A home ownership program plus 40 rental opportunities. Accepts Section
8.
HUD
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square, East
Philadelphia, PA19107
Phone: 1-800-669-9777 o 215-656-0500
Fax: 215-656-3445
Website: www.hud.gov
Description of Services: Helps individuals purchase homes. Call for income guidelines. In English
and Spanish.
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Lehigh County Assistance Office (Department of Public Welfare)
101 South 7th Street
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone: 610-821-6509
Fax: 610-821-6705
Website: www.dpw.state.pa.us
Description of Services: Medical assistance, food stamps, cash grants, energy assistance.
Employment and training resources and referrals. For Energy Assistance, if received last year you
automatically will be sent application. Spanish spoken.
Hours: 7:30 am – 5:00 pm.
Lehigh County Conference of Churches
534 Chew Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-433-6421
Website: www.lcconfchurch.org
Email: gpacheco@lcconfchurch.org
Description of Services: an association of over 50 local churches, the conference has several
social service programs. A recent grant funds Homeless Housing Services (HHS) for adults with a
mental health or other disability. Their Pathways Program is an emergency service clearing-house
for people with housing, food, job, and other needs. They also sponsor the Linkage Program
whose street caseworker connects homeless people with services. Then Conference assists with
medical prescriptions for people without resources to fill them, The Conference also has a
“Repetitive Payee” program to assist those on SSI (including children) who need help to manage
their income and bills. Call first. Spanish spoken.
Hours: Monday through Friday 9:30 am – 12 noon
Lehigh County Department of Human Services
Government Center
17 S. 7th Street
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Allentown, PA 18101
Phone Office: 610-782-3952
Fax Office: 610-820-3615
Phone Info and Referral Unit: 610-782-3200
Fax Info and Referral Unit: 610-820-3289
Website: www.lehighcounty.org
Email: informationandreferral@lehighcounty.org
Description of Services: Has various departments to help children and adults in Lehigh County.
Lehigh County Housing Authority and Valley Housing Development Corp.
333 Ridge Street or 63.5 Broad Street
Emmaus, PA 18049
Phone: 610-433-2312 or 610-965-4514
Website: www.lehighcounty.org
Description of Services: Serves residents of Lehigh County. Apply for public or Section 8
subsidized housing. It can be hard to contact a real person there – listen to taped information by
phone, or go in person.
Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living
435 Allentown Drive
Allentown, PA 18109
Phone: 610-770-9781 or 800-495-8245
TDD: 610-770-9789
Fax: 610-770-9789
Website: www.lvcil.org
Email: info@lvcil.org
Description of Services: A private non-profit organization that is staffed and governed, at all times,
by a majority of persons with disabilities. They no dot make decisions for their consumers, but
provide information and resources to allow consumers to make independent decisions. Work to
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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increase inclusion in Lehigh and Northampton county residents with any type of disability and/or
their family regarding housing, transportation, voting rights, employment and many other areas.
Mental Health Housing Assistance
Phone: 610-782-3200
Description of Services: County residents who receive ongoing mental health treatment, are
homeless, and have income may be eligible for financial assistance to secure housing. Call for
additional information.
Neighborhood Housing Services of the Lehigh Valley, Inc.
239 North 10th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-437-4571
Fax: 610-437-3609
Website: www.nhslv.org
Description of Services: Assistance obtaining home owner loans. Provide grants and loans to
those eligible for down payment and closing cost. Bilingual person available. They have twentythree apartment units on 10th Street for people with low to moderate income. Home repair
counseling and financial counseling.
Hours: Monday through Friday 8 am – 4:30 pm
New Bethany Ministries
337 Wyandotte Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-691-5602
Fax: 610-866-3427
Website: www.newbethanyministries.org
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Email: newbethany@newbethanyministires.org
Description of Services: Offers short-term transitional housing and supportive services for homeless
families in individual rooms for up to six months. Come in to apply; there is a waiting list. Also
runs the Mollard Hospitality Center, offering hot showers, breakfast and lunch, employment
assistance and counseling, also use of phone and mailing address.
Hours: 8 am – 4 pm Monday through Friday Hours for Meals: Monday through Friday: Breakfast
8 am; Lunch 12 noon to 1 pm
Northampton County Housing Authority
15 South Wood Street
Mailing Address:
Nazareth, PA 18064
PO Box 252
Nazareth, PA 18064
Phone: 610-759-8488
Description of Services: Section 8 housing program. Closed to new applicants (1,400 families on
waiting list). Still open to seniors and the handicapped.
Hours: Monday – Friday 8 am – noon and 1 pm – 4 pm
Northampton County Assistance Office (DPA)
110 Main Street
West Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-250-1700
Fax: 610-250-1839
Website: www.dpw.state.pa.us
Description of Services: Medical assistance, food stamps, cash grants, energy assistance.
Employment and training resources and referrals. For Energy Assistance, if received last year you
automatically will be sent application. Spanish spoken.
Hours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Oxford House
Website: www.oxfordhouse.org
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Description of Service: Self-supported recovery house program for individuals recovering from
alcoholism and drug additions. Assures alcohol and drug free environment. Individuals pay equal
share of the house expense. Several Oxford Houses nationally and within PA. Interested
individuals must submit an application and be interviewed by existing members of the house.
Houses for men only, women only, and women with children.
Locations:
Men Only Locations
Allen
Bethlehem
1524 Allen Street
450 Monclair Avenue
Allentown, PA 18102
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-4336-5351 610-814-0663
Chew Street
1734 Chew Street
Allentown, PA 18104
610-433-1431
Early
Goodfellows
Gordon
1319 Liberty Street
122 S. 13th Street
131 S. 15th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Allentown, PA 18102
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-351-5169 610-351-7975
610-435-8404
Hanover
Mediator
Jefferson Park
445 S. Hanover Avenue 240 N. Jefferson Street 230 N. 16th Street
Allentown, PA 18103
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 484-221-8823 610-351-6833
Montclair
Allentown, PA 18102
610-776-3630
Roth
455 Montclair Avenue
1008 N. 15th Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Allentown, PA 18102
Saucon
508 E. Fourth Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-867-3654 610-820-0297
610-868-4309
Seneca
Tilghman
500 Seneca Street
Spring Garden
1029 Spring Garden St. 829 Tilghman Street
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Bethlehem, PA 18015
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-867-9948 610-770-0227
Allentown, PA 18102
610-432-1736
Turner Street
Union Terrace
1319 Turner Street
308 S. 17th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Allentown, PA 18104
Phone: 610-770-9994 610-770-9994
West Park
217 Fulton Street
Allentown, PA 18102
610-435-3899
Whitehall
515 ½ N. 8th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-782-0955
For Women Only Locations:
Buchanan
Hickory
452 Carlton Avenue
118½ S. 15th Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-868-4308 610-434-2076
Linden
136 N. 12th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Liberty
1605 Chew Street
Allentown, PA 18102
610-820-7151
South Madison
211 S. Madison
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-770-1988 610-770-7928
** Pathways
(A program of the Lehigh County Conference of Churches)
Alliance Hall
534 Chew Street
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-439-8653
Website: www.lcconfchurch.org
Email: dmalacsics@lcconfchurch.org
Contact Person: Deanne Malacsics
Description of Services: Phone counseling and walk-in emergency services to those in need of
food, housing, with utility problems, anyone needing advocacy for basic needs. Housing case
management for homeless or about-to-be-homeless families, rental assistance funds. For Lehigh
County residents only. Bilingual staff available.
Hours: 9:30 am – noon Monday through Friday. Appointments only in afternoon.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Phone: 800-922-9384
Website: www.dpw.state.pa.us
Child Support Enforcement Helpline: 800-932-0211
Office of Children and Youth and Families: 717-787-4756
Office of Income Maintenance: 717-787-1894
Office of Medical Assistance Programs: 717-787-1870
Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: 877-356-5355
Office of Mental Retardation: 888-565-9434
Office of Mental Retardation: 88-565-9435
Office of Social Programs: 800-757-5042
Special Pharmaceutical Benefits Program: Provides payment for specific
Atypical anti-psychotic medications fro individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
Also provides payment for specific medications for individuals who are living with
HIV/Aids
Welfare Fraud Tipline: 800-932-0582
Welfare Helpline: 800-692-7462
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Individuals must meet income guidelines and not be eligible for medical assistance insurance
through County Assistance Office.
Personal Care Homes
Description of Services: These programs provide 24-hour supervision, meals, laundry service,
medication monitoring, and some assistance with personal hygiene. If you receive SSI, usually you
receive a small allowance from your SSI check and the remainder goes to the home. People who
do not wish to live alone, or have difficulty with day-today living can find the following personal care
homes available in this area.
My Home
Mount Trexler Manor
124 Bride Street
5201 St. Joseph’s Road
Catasauqua, PA 18032
Limeport, PA 18060
Phone: 610-264-3118
Phone: 610-965-9021
Fax: 610-967-0451
Website: www.tcrespite.com
Email: info@tcrespite.com
Trexler Park Manor
Canal Side Manor
3599 Broadway Street
1 Main Street
Catasauqua, PA 18032
Walnutport, PA 18088
Phone: 610-264-3118
Phone: 610-767-0575
The Right Stuff About Renting
Phone: 610-691-5620 ext. 2038
Description of Services: A program of Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley runs
tenant education seminars. They can answer questions for Lehigh Valley renters and publish a
valuable free guide called The Right Stuff About Renting.
Roofover Family Shelter
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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902 Philadelphia Road
Dutch/Gallows Hill Office
Easton, PA 18042
639 Northampton Street
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-253-4253
610-252-7309
Description of Services: Northampton County residents only. Provides rental assistance. Roofover
Family Shelter for homeless families.
Rural Development
2211 Mack Boulevard
Allentown, PA 18103
Phone: 610-791-9810 (press “4” for this program)
Description of Services: This is a U.S. Department of Agriculture program with income limits.
Helps with loans for purchase of a home in the Lehigh valley rural areas and also not so rural
areas – call for information. Seminar to help understand the buying of homes with this program.
For singles and families.
Safe Harbor Shelter
(A program of Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley)
536 Bushkill Drive
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-258-5540
Fax: 610-258-8144
Website: www.caclv.org
Email: tsprandel@caclv.org
Description of Services: Shelter for single adults only, men and women on as needed basis. Meal
center on site, open to all. Serves breakfast and lunch (Families/adults with children welcome on
an emergency basis.)
Hours: Monday through Friday: Breakfast: 9 am – 10:30 am; Lunch: 11:45 am – 12:30 pm.
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Salisbury Behavioral Health
65 E. Elizabeth Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Phone: 610-865-6116
Fax: 610-865-5044
Website: www.salisb.com
Description of Services: Provides children and family services. Also provides supported living,
independent living & personal care homes.
Sixth Street Shelter
219 North 6th Street
Allentown, PA 18102
Phone: 610-435-1490
Fax: 610-433-3282
Website: www.caclv.org
Email: meichelberger@caclv.org
Description of Services: Housing for families in separate apartments for up to two months; can get
referrals from Pathways Program, Salvation Army, Children and Youth, HAO, Turning Point, Head
Start and others. Bilingual staff available. There is a waiting list.
** South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center
700 Evans and Buchanan Streets
PO Box 791
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-865-2791
Website: www.sbnc.org
Description of Service: Call for employment counseling (Free). Spanish spoken. Also Food Bank
Monday and Thursday 9 am – Noon and 1 pm – 5 pm, youth programs and rent assistance (when
funds available). Funds only for those living in Bethlehem and Hellertown.
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Third Street Alliance For Women and Children
41 North 3rd Street
Easton, PA 18042
Phone: 610-258-6271
Fax: 610-258-2112
Website: www.thirdstreetalliance.org
Email: eallison@thirdstreetalliance.org
Description of Services: Temporary or long term shelter. Shelter for single women and moms with
children up to 13 years of age. Case management for employment; parenting classes, financial
management classes. Has bilingual staff; call first.
Transitional Living Center (TLC)
2024 Lehigh Street
Allentown, PA 18103
Phone: 610-402-5324
Description of Services: CRR (County-funded, apartment based program) (3-4 consumers per
apartment. 2 Sites: More intensive program site has staff 24 hours a day and serves 10
consumers. Usually a 1 year long program and consumers can go to the moderate level.
Moderate Intensive Program: has staff for 10 hours per day and serves 28 consumers. To qualify
for this program the consumer needs to have more independent living skills. This is a transitional
program to independent living. Rent based on income. Consumers need to participate in some
form of a day programming at least 3 days per week, which includes: work, partial hospitalization,
clubhouse, etc.
Turner Street Apartments
(A program run by Sixth Street Shelter)
219 North 6th Street
Allentown, PA 29203
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Phone: 610-435-1490
Description of Services: Transitional housing for families who have a goal of independence through
education and training. 1/3 of income goes to rent. May stay up to 2 years; 11 units. Call for
information;
Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley
PO Box 1705
Administrative Office: 444 E. Susquehanna St.
Allentown, PA 18105
Allentown, PA 181036
Phone: 610-437-3369 (24 hour Hotline)
610-797-0530
or
Box 5355
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-867-6477or 610-868-5454
Website: www.tplv.org
Description of Services: Temporary shelter for female victims of domestic abuse and their children.
(Men referred out.) Has Spanish speaking staff. Also runs Starting Point: transitional apartments
for domestic abuse victims and their children.
Valley Housing Development Corporation
Phone Bethlehem:
610-866-0124
Phone Whitehall:
610-231-3481
Phone Northampton:
Phone Emmaus:
610-262-1154
610-432-2312
Description of Services: Offering supportive housing program and has apartments in both Lehigh
and Northampton Counties with moderate rents. Referrals must be made by Mental Health
caseworkers.
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Valley Youth House
Administration Offices
829 Linden Street
Allentown, PA 18101
539 Eighth Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Phone: 610-820-0166
24 Hour Hotline: 610-691-1200
Website: www.valleyyouthhouse.org
Description of Services: Provides hotline for homeless youth ages 12 to 17. Valley Youth House
has offices in Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. Counseling for families and youth, family
preservation; independent living program for youths on their own (therapy, supervised residence);
runaway and homeless youth shelter for ages 12 through17; Has transitional housing for youth also.
Their Street Outreach Program caseworkers provide food, clothing, referrals and advocacy to
residents in both Lehigh and Northampton counties. Also available are Student Assistance Program
(SAP) for mental health counseling through Northampton County school districts.
Victory House
314 Filmore Street or PO Box 5458
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 610-691-3373
Fax: 610-974-9334
Website: www.victoryhouselv.org
Email: pbacklund@victoryhouselv.org
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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Description of Services: Emergency shelter for male adults, transitional housing, case
management, Bilingual staff are available in the evening.
** Have Rental Assistance for those eligible (when funds are available).
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