Folks from Fauntleroy’s Homelessness Task Force (HTF) showed up to a big day for homelessness prevention in Seattle last week. Bob Fulford, Ana Cecilia Del Claro, Fred O’Leary, and Iris Lemmer all got to be a part of the opening of a new Tiny Home village, with residents getting ready to move in the next day. This particular village, Eagle Village, will be operated by the Chief Seattle Club who provides many services to indigenous people in and around Seattle, and especially those who are or may be at risk of becoming unhoused.

Tiny Home villages are transitional houses where folks stay typically 3 - 9 months while they receive services like job training, sobriety programs, and mental health counseling, in preparation for moving from tent communities into more permanent housing.

Many Fauntleroy volunteers have helped out over the years building the homes at Sound Foundations NW, known as The Hope Factory, in SoDo. It is wonderful to be able to see the progress from stacks of lumber in a factory, to a finished village that will house so many in the years ahead.

There are plans to complete 9 new villages this year, including 3 in coordination with the Chief Seattle Club. This compares to only 3 new villages last year, and 4 the year before. There are 21 villages currently operating in and around Seattle. Most are run by LIHI, the Low Income Housing Institute, who also builds and manages below market-rate apartment buildings for families and individuals needing some housing support.

Please reach out to Fred O’Leary if you want to know more.