-We are at the opening of
Olympic Hills Tiny House Village.
We are located in the Lake City
neighborhood of North Seattle.
What you see around you are 45 newly built
tiny houses. They have a locking door.
They're heated.
They're insulated...
Not only heated, but also AC in the summer.
Meals are brought in,
but you can also cook your own meal.
They have access to a community kitchen.
There's like freezers, cooktops, coffee pots,
hot water.
I mean, it's just wonderful.
And then there's a hygiene facility
where we have private bathrooms.
And then you also have a laundry facility.
-We are accelerating the approaches
and funding pathways that will allow shelters
like this one to come online faster.
We are committed to expanding supportive
housing and emergency shelters
across Seattle because all Seattleites
deserve stability.
-It's called a 24/7 enhanced shelter.
There are
case managers offices,
and the case managers can help them with their ID
and get them into housing.
-When we move folks inside, it's
not just walls in a room,
it's really about working
with an individual to actually get them
into the beginning part of their journey.
Everything that they've
experienced while they're outside
has created a lot of barriers
for them to be successful in life,
and so our care team,
our 24-hour staffing, our de-escalation
team, our case managers,
they're all focused on
what the next steps for this individual will be.
-Housing is health care.
It is much harder
to access the system of care,
whether that's a medical provider,
a behavioral health provider,
or even just taking medications.
With 24/7 case management,
you can actually provide people with their needs
beyond medical, beyond behavioral health
so that they can really improve their lives.
-Out of the people who have left the villages,
55%, which is actually a very high rate, 55%
were able to move into housing.
-Our shared vision is fewer people unsheltered,
better health outcomes for individuals
and stronger, more stable neighborhoods.
This is the kind of care
that's being built here on this site.