In 2023 Nickelsville began working with the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) to open a third Tiny House Village. The village was set to be located on a piece of unused Seattle City Light property on Rainier Avenue South. Despite the frustration and delays encountered during the process Nickelsville was painstaking in its efforts to follow every requirement asked.

Nickelsville is a small, efficient organization comprised of homeless and formerly homeless people who operate the least expensive tiny house villages in the county— and they are democratically organized, with an Intake Agreement that requires sharing responsibilities of operating our villages with rules they wrote themselves.

In August 2024 Mayor Harrell abruptly ordered the Brighton Village site to be withdrawn from consideration after a handful of Brighton neighbors complained. Please take a moment to email Mayor Harrell, Deputy Mayor Tiffany Washington, and the Seattle City Council in support of reinstating the Brighton site for a Nickelsville Tiny House Village.