Mary’s Place and Mercy Housing Northwest broke ground on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 on a new family shelter and affordable housing campus in Burien that leaders say will serve as a model for addressing homelessness in Washington state.
The four-story project will combine an emergency shelter for 200 family members each night with 90 units of permanently affordable housing, according to the two organizations. Of those units, 34 will be reserved for very low-income families transitioning out of homelessness.
Completion is expected in mid-2027…