Seattle City Light's 10,000-square-foot lot on Rainier Avenue South and South Orchard Street was slated to become Nickelsville's next tiny house village, Brighton Village, until the city denied the permit in August 2024. (Photo by Guy Oron.). By Erica C.
Barnett Plans to open a new tiny house village in Southeast Seattle's Brighton neighborhood, just south of Hillman City, have stalled over an apparent lease dispute, according to the organization that has been trying to provide shelter at the site since 2023. After more than four years in operation, the tiny home village in Seattle's South Lake Union is no more. The Low Income Housing Institute develops, owns and operates housing for the benefit of low-income, homeless and formerly homeless people in Washington State.
LIHI is one of the largest providers of tiny house village shelters in the nation. (The Center Square) - Seattle's homeless shelter capacity is expected to get a boost in the fall with the announcement of two new tiny house villages in the city. The city dedicated $5.9 million in its 2025 budget for the two villages' startup and operation costs, with the Low Income Housing.
The Low Income Housing Institute is opening a new tiny house village in Maple Leaf, at 8531 Lake City Way N.E. The village will be on on privately owned land and will be leased by LIHI. The vacant site used to be a car dealership.
South Lake Union's Lake Union Village is closing by the end of the year as the site has been sold by the city. Nickelsville is a grassroots, nonprofit organization that runs two tiny house villages in Seattle under a self-management system wherein residents govern themselves. The organization had lobbied the city to undo the cancellation of the Brighton Village project, garnering endorsements from at least 22 other advocacy groups.
The second village will include approximately 44 tiny houses that will be operated solely by the Low Income Housing Institute. With the addition of the two upcoming tiny house villages, the nonprofit organization will have a total of 13 in Seattle, which the city funds. Tiny houses will be part of two new villages set to open this fall in partnership with the Low Income Housing Institute Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced that the City will add more than 100 new tiny houses through two new tiny house villages in partnership with the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI).
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