Compass Housing Alliance develops and provides essential services, shelter, and affordable housing so that everyone in our community has a safe place to call home. Compass works to meet the needs of our most vulnerable community members at over 20 locations throughout the Puget Sound Region.
We are building new pathways to address housing insecurity for today and tomorrow. Through the development and operation of permanent affordable housing with supportive services, expansive 24/7 enhanced shelter programs, and a robust emergency services hub, Compass helps low-income and unhoused individuals and families in our community end the cycle of homelessness. Compass began more than 100 years ago in Seattle’s Pioneer Square as a haven for those who were working in the region's earliest industries. Today, Compass’s range of services includes a hygiene center, mail services, 222 enhanced emergency shelter beds, 81 emergency housing units, and 684 affordable studios, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units in 20 affordable supportive housing locations.
Unique to Compass is our ability to provide shelter and stability to our neighbors in need, regardless of where they may be on their journey to home. Through all its programs, Compass touches the lives of thousands of individuals, families, and Veterans in King County each year. All of Compass’s housing and services programs are informed by guiding principles of stability, growth, and community.
As of January 2026, Compass is a Division of Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW), and we proudly will continue doing the work we have for the past 105 years. By combining LCSNW’s network of health and human services and Compass’s expertise in affordable housing and emergency services, we can provide a holistic support to the communities we serve. Our combined organization now operates under one EIN. As such, charitable donations designated to Compass through Benevity are processed under LCSNW’s EIN (93-0386860).
Please join us as we offer a place of healing and belonging to those in need. Everyone deserves a home.
