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Seattle Mayor Proposes Plan to Rapidly Expand Shelter, Open 1,000 Units This Year
Mayor Wilson aims to add 1,000 shelter units with supportive services this year, leveraging $5 million in budget reallocations and new legislation to accelerate shelter construction.
- On Wednesday, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced a legislative package to open 1,000 new shelter and emergency housing units this year and set a 4,000-unit goal for her term.
- On Tuesday, Wilson said she found nearly $5 million in housing and human services funds, proposing legislation to remove limits on shelters and tiny house villages.
- Wilson will send three pieces of legislation to the Seattle City Council to raise tiny home villages' limits from 100 to 150 and 250, and allow the city to sign leases directly.
- Wilson also launched a citywide volunteer effort called the Seattle Shelter Acceleration Community Action Team, while city officials and the mayor declined to name specific expansion sites, leaving costs and locations unresolved.
- Expanding villages has proven contentious, with past efforts fraught with conflict; the Low Income Housing Institute runs 11 villages, none exceeding 74 people, highlighting capacity limits.
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Wilson offers plan to add 1,000 beds for the homeless in Seattle
(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday announced a plan to create 1,000 new shelter beds and emergency housing by the end of the year to deal
Mayor Wilson announces shelter plan, avoids questions on details
Wilson says she wants to lean heavily on tiny home villages, introducing legislation to ease the permitting for those sites, reduce restrictions around their size, and encourage Seattleites to volunteer at one of the places that make the homes.
Seattle mayor wants to expand tiny house villages, with volunteers’ help
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is beginning to sketch out her vision for expanding homeless shelters in Seattle. Though some big details are unclear, her administration is looking to expand tiny house villages and shelters.
Seattle mayor pushes legislation to fast-track 1,000 shelter units
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson held a news conference Wednesday, along with community leaders, neighbors, and service providers, to announce a major step forward in her effort to rapidly expand homeless shelters across the city of Seattle. Her legislation pushes for the opening of 1,000 new shelter units and emergency housing with wrap-around services. “This package of legislation will provide us with the tools we need to make good on my commitment …
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