August 2015 
Help Fund a Tiny House
  
LIHI, in partnership with Nickelsville and the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, is establishing a tiny house village in Seattle's Central District. Located near 22nd & Union, on church property, 14-16 tiny houses will soon appear to provide shelter to people currently experiencing homelessness. The village is expected to begin move-ins in late 2015. 4-6 Tiny Houses also will be built for the Nickelsville Ballard location.
 
While many organizations are generously donating their labor to build the houses, the construction materials are not free. Each house requires about $1800 in construction supplies. If you would like to sponsor a house or make a contribution of any size, please DONATE (select Tiny Houses from Donation Category dropdown menu).
 
120 sq feet or smaller, the tiny houses will have electricity and ventilation. The houses are being built by several local nonprofits, schools and pre-apprenticeship programs. Sawhorse Revolution, YouthBuild, the Tulalip Tribes, and South Seattle College have already completed several houses for the village through their student training programs. Environmental Works, a nonprofit Community Design Center, has created a site plan and is working with Sawhorse Revolution to design a restroom pavilion with running water for the village.
 
The village will be managed by Nickelsville in partnership with LIHI, who will provide case management services and additional assistance to help move the residents into permanent housing.
 
The goal of the tiny house project is to develop an innovative encampment solely made up of tiny houses instead of tents. The houses will provide a higher level of shelter from the elements and the added element of electricity that tents cannot provide. The tiny houses all differ in design, but will all be safe, sturdy structures that will help protect many homeless individuals otherwise forced to sleep on the streets and under overpasses.
 
 
Upper Left and Right:  Tiny House built by Tulalip Tribes.  Lower Left:  Tiny House built by YouthBuild.  Lower Right:  One of many possible tiny house designs.
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Sign the Petition!
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Support the new homeless encampment in Ballard
  
Please take a moment and sign this PETITION in support of the new Market Street encampment in Ballard.  Supporters outside of Ballard are allowed to sign.
 
Read Seattle Times Columnist Danny Westneat's column: 
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Singer Mary McBride Returns to Upbeat on Jackson
Additional Free Show at Frye
  
Singer-songwriter Mary McBride and her band will return on Friday August 21st at 6pm to close out the Upbeat on Jackson concert series funded in part by a Seattle Department of Neighborhood's matching fund award. The concert series began last August and has featured national and local artists each month at the Low Income Housing Institute's (LIHI) Ernestine Anderson Place. The series has brought free and high-quality music to the Central Area neighborhood.
 
The show will kick-off with three LIHI resident performers: saxophonist Tony Mack, singer Anthony Edwards and pianist Michael Dare.  Each performed earlier in the series and is being brought back by popular demand. The show is free and open to the public.
 
Additional Free, Public Show!  Mary and her band will also join LIHI the following day, Saturday August 22nd, at 3pm at the Frye Apartments (223 Yesler Way). She will play another set with LIHI residents and encourage audience members to join her on stage.
  
Mary McBride received significant acclaim for her performance of "No One's Gonna Love You like Me" on-screen and on the soundtrack of the Academy-award winning film "Brokeback Mountain," and also performed with Elton John for the 35th Anniversary Concert of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.  Since 2011, Mary has served as a Cultural Envoy for the U.S. Department of State, and has performed with her band in more than twenty five countries, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Russia. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and CNN, among others. 
  
Mary is the founder of the Home Tour (www.thehometour.org), which uses live music to enrich lives, inspire and connect people, and engage communities around the world. The Home Tour assembles local and nationally recognized musicians to perform for - and with - residents in communities that do not have access to live music.
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Our auction team is busy procuring fabulous items for you to bid on at our Annual Gala & Auction.  If you can help us by donating an item, please use our procurement form or shoot our auction team an email.  For sponsorship opportunities please email or call executive assistant Aaron Long at 206-443-9935 x149.  Our target is to raise over $300,000 for LIHI's housing and supportive services programs, and the Urban Rest Stops.

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Thanks for Supporting Housing and Human Rights!
  
       
  
Sharon Lee
Executive Director
Low Income Housing Institute