Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation

Housing Assistance Program · About this organization

What you get

An Airbnb home near your child’s treatment center, booked by BMCF after approval.

How to start

Your social worker or nurse can call BMCF at 800-365-1336 to ask when housing requests can resume.

Good to know

  • General requests are on pause.
  • Housing depends on grant funding.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Closed Care team starts the request

Your social worker or nurse can ask BMCF about temporary housing near your child’s treatment. When a request is approved, the housing team books an Airbnb home. General requests are on pause, so check with BMCF before preparing paperwork.

What help you may get

Lodging Near Treatment

Temporary Airbnb housing

BMCF books an Airbnb home near your child’s treatment center after approving the request.

Noncash help

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Diagnosis fit is inferred from the inclusive cancer or serious-illness wording. Other requirements and availability still apply.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Where your child is treated

Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.

Who can start: Social Worker, Nurse

  1. Call BMCF about the general-request pause before preparing a housing application.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramTemporarily Suspended
ApplicationsClosed
Funding or spaceFund Dependent
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedSep 25, 2026
  • General applications are paused. The page invites hospital and donor partnerships, but does not establish an available individual-patient exception.

Limitations and things to confirm

No additional limitations are published.

  • Confirm whether the foundation can currently arrange any patient stay through an established hospital partnership. The partnership invitation alone does not establish this.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 25, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program