Wilson announces opening of first new village for the homeless

(The Center Square) — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said a new community of 75 tiny homes for the homeless should be ready to open in the city’s Interbay neighborhood by early June, the first phase of her plan to create new housing before the World Cup starts.

Wilson said her administration is moving full steam ahead with her homeless housing plan, while acknowledging that it may not be possible to meet her ambitious goal of having all 500 temporary units built by the start of the first game on June 15.

“It’s really being able to rally people together around an ambitious goal,” she said to reporters at a community forum Wednesday night.

Wilson said she was “amazed” by how city employees from various departments have come together to quickly transform the process of building new communities to get people off the streets.

The tiny home villages are designed as a temporary place for the homeless until they receive permanent housing. Opening transitional housing for the homeless has ta...