Ala Hassan
Volunteer Project Manager of Low Income Housing Association
The houses built by Sound Foundations NW and LIHI volunteers will be moved to Southend Village. (Photo from Allah Hassan)
After the recent snowstorm, the idea of hundreds of people trying to survive the cold night cannot be ignored. Soon, the Rainier Beach area will provide a new resource for people who face this situation every night. Truevine of Holy Missionary Baptist Church, Washington Refugee Women’s League (ReWA) and Low-Income Housing Association (LIHI) will develop Southend Tiny House Village to provide shelter, safety and community for homeless individuals, couples and families. Small House Village It is a sustainable and fast solution to ensure that we do not lose another displaced person in the community to the end of nature.
“LIHI is very pleased to work with Lawrence Willis, Pastor of the Missionary Holy Church Truevine, to develop a new small house village in the Rainier Beach community. LIHI Executive Director Sharon Lee said that the BIPOC, immigrant and refugee communities in Rainier Beach are in urgent need Shelter, but not yet satisfied. “Our partner will be Mahnaz Eshutu, Executive Director of ReWA, and his agency will provide our villagers with a full range of cultural-related case management services. “
Small house in LUV village of South Lake Union (photo from Alaa Hasan)
We are committed to working with our neighbors and organizations to reduce the number of homeless people and provide a safe haven and a promising future. LIHI held a meeting to discuss this opportunity.
Truevine of Holy Missionary Baptist Church and LIHI listened to feedback from the Rainier Beach Action Coalition, the African Community Housing and Development Organization and other community groups.
Willis said: “In the cold weather in Rainier Beach, I see many people sleeping at the door, in the park, and in their cars. I feel painful.” “Southend Village will become an important resource for our community. , Let our unprotected neighbors live in, warm, safe, and embark on the path of permanent housing. Through joint efforts, teamwork will make dreams come true.”
18th and Yesler’s small house in True Hope Village (photo from Alaa Hasan)
As an important community where each experience is personalized, the Little House Village Project is an enhanced shelter model that provides single bedroom space for individuals, couples and people with pets, and multi-family accommodation for families. Each village includes approximately 40 homes with locked doors to relieve anxiety, laundry facilities, sanitation services, community spaces and 24/7 staff, including on-site case management. People who are not asylum have lost many of their possessions, including their ID cards and/or important documents. ReWA case managers will work directly with clients subject to the Code of Conduct, connect them with resources and provide them with the support they need to obtain a new ID, ensure a stable monthly income through benefits or employment, and help people transition to permanent housing. The code of conduct requires them to be active participants in the community.
LIHI and Truevine of Holiness Missionary Baptist Church will provide safe, warm, dry and healthy shelters for people living in South Seattle without shelters, rather than camps, cars, doorways, or other uninhabitable places. This small house village plan is not a permanent housing, but a starting point for these residents to stand up again. Southend Tiny House Village, located at 9101 Martin Luther King Jr Way South, will provide shelter for disadvantaged families, immigrants/refugees and others from the BIPOC community. With this in mind, we believe that our small house village can pave the way for more affordable housing in the area. Similar to our Othello Tiny House Village plan, we hope to transform our small house village into an affordable apartment, which is an ideal choice.
Lee said: “In Southend Village, we will be able to provide a safe, warm, warm, private and dignified small house for more than 40 families, couples and single adults. Better yet, this village will become a A bridge to permanent housing.”
LIHI has developed and operated 2,500 affordable housing units in Puget Sound. LIHI recently opened George Fleming Place in Othello Park, with 106 permanent affordable housing units. LIHI also partnered with SeaMar to purchase a building in Beacon Hill to provide services for homeless women.
