The Brief
- Seattle has opened Bayside Village in Interbay, a new tiny home community with 50 shelters for single adults and 25 more on the way.
- The site is designed as temporary housing to help people transition to permanent housing, treatment and employment opportunities.
- Operators say homelessness requires more than housing alone, arguing that mental health care, addiction treatment and accountability must also be part of the solution.
SEATTLE, Wash. – A new tiny home village is now open in Interbay, marking an expansion of Seattle’s temporary housing capacity.
The site, named Bayside Village, currently has 50 pallet shelters for single adults. An additional 25 shelters are currently being manufactured and are scheduled to be installed later this month.
Locally Made and Manufactured
The backstory:
The structures are manufactured in an Everett warehouse by Pallet, a Snohomish County-based company founded nearly a decade ago. CEO Amy King and her husband smashed their two worlds together to find a solution. He brought the building expertise; she brought a background in medical and social services that manufactures rapid-response, non-congregate shelters designed to help unhoused individuals stabilize and transition into permanent housing.…