HOSTS for HOSPITALS
Patient-Family Guest Lodging · About this organization
What you get
Host-home or other lodging during medical care, with a $20 nightly service fee per family.
How to start
Apply online, by phone, or by email with your hospital, stay dates, group size, and lodging needs. Prepare adult references and the later signed release.
Good to know
- A housing match is not assured for specific dates.
- Guests undergo screening and need a permanent home to return to.
The details, as published
Hosts for Hospitals arranges host-home or other housing for patients and families receiving medical care in Greater Philadelphia, including Southern New Jersey and Wilmington, Delaware. The program accepts all ages and illnesses, including cancer, when commuting is difficult, the guest has a permanent home to return to, and the patient can function independently or with an accompanying support person. A family applies by phone, email, or the English or Spanish online form and pays a $20 per-family nightly service fee.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Patient-Family Guest Lodging — lodging near treatment
Hosts for Hospitals arranges host-home or other housing for patients and families receiving medical care in Greater Philadelphia, including Southern New Jersey and Wilmington, Delaware. The program accepts all ages and illnesses, including cancer, when commuting is difficult, the guest has a permanent home to return to, and the patient can function independently or with an accompanying support person. A family applies by phone, email, or the English or Spanish online form and pays a $20 per-family nightly service fee.
Amount not published
Can cover
- Host-home or other patient-family housing
Does not cover
- Food
- Personal toiletries
- Transportation
- Guests pay a $20 per-night, per-family service fee.
- Stays may be one night or extended; no fixed maximum is published.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The published program scope includes pediatric cancer or serious childhood illness, so pediatric B-ALL is within the diagnosis category.
Age
Age 0 to no published upper limit, measured at application.
- Patients of all ages are accepted.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- No income test is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: Greater Philadelphia; Southern New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: The patient must receive care at a medical facility in the Greater Philadelphia service area, including Southern New Jersey or Wilmington, Delaware..
- The patient must receive care at a medical facility in the Greater Philadelphia service area, including Southern New Jersey or Wilmington, Delaware.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Caregiver, Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Patient, Social Worker
- Call, email, or complete the online application.
- Complete personal-character-reference and screening steps.
- Describe the medical facility, dates, family size, and lodging needs.
- Staff contact housing providers and offer the best available match.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Phone · 484-380-2999 — Staff can take or send the application.
Documents to prepare
- Completed guest application
- Medical-trip information requested in the application
- Personal character reference
- The guest pays the $20 per-night, per-family service fee to the program.
- The program matches the family to a host home or other housing.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The current page accepts applications; placement depends on available host or private housing.
- Advance reservations are accepted; placement depends on a housing match.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A housing match is not assured for specific dates.
- Guests undergo screening and need a permanent home to return to.
- The family pays $20 per night and supplies food, transportation, and toiletries.
- The medical facility must be within the regional service area and commuting from home must be difficult.
- Can the service fee be reduced when a family cannot afford $20 per night?
- Is housing available for the exact dates, family size, accessibility needs, and infection precautions?
- What character-reference and screening documents are required?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Guests – Hosts for Hospitals · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Guests – Hosts for Hospitals · checked Aug 23, 2026