(WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand)
In a West Seattle-rooted SODO factory, where volunteers build tiny houses to shelter unhoused people, Mayor Katie Wilson declared that volunteerism will help alleviate the homelessness crisis.
She announced an “all hands on deck” volunteerism campaign along with three pieces of legislation she’s sending to the City Council during a briefing this afternoon at The Hope Factory, which got its start as a tiny-house-building operation under a canopy on the grounds of Camp Second Chance, the tiny-house village in southeast West Seattle.
LIHI, which operates Camp Second Chance and will soon operate the Glassyard Commons RVs-and-tiny-houses site – also in West Seattle – also oversees The Hope Factory.
The cacophony of hammers and saws paused for about an hour so that Mayor Wilson and a roster of speakers involved with the homelessness response and related services – including LIHI leader Sharon Lee – could speak to the media crews they’d invited (us included). It was billed as “a major step forward in the citywide effort to rapidly expand shelter and bring people inside by opening 1,000 new units of shelter and emergency housing with supportive services this year. Lee and The Hope Factory’s Steve Roberts set the stage with more about the volunteer work there:
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