Tell Mayor Harrell "Do the Right Thing!" Reinstate Nickelsville Brighton Tiny House Village

Pictured: Nickelsville Tiny House Village on 22nd Ave and Union St in the Central District in 2019

Without shelter, people die

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 frustration and delays encountered during the process, Nickelsville was painstaking in its efforts to follow each and every requirement.

In August 2024 Mayor Harrell abruptly ordered the Brighton Village site to be withdrawn from consideration after a handful of Brighton neighbors complained. Please send an e-mail now, to let him know how harmful his office's action is! (click START WRITING!)

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 democratically organized, with an Intake Agreement that requires sharing responsibilities of operating the villages with rules they wrote themselves.

Timeline of campaign to save Brighton Village

  • 10/4/24: Letter Signed by 22 Allied Organizations including Real Change sent to HSD Director Tanya Rim (cc'd the Mayor & City Council)
  • 10/8/24: Human Services Director Tanya Rim sends terse response
  • 10/17/24: Human Services Department forwards six alternative sites, in attempt to persuade Nickelsville to forget Brighton Village and restart the two-year process on a new site
  • 10/21/24: Nickelsville Central Committee's sends detailed reply to Director Rim
  • 10/29/24: Director Rim gives dismissive response
  • 11/5/24: Press Release issued...Brighton Village Reinstatement Petition (online and hard copy) receives hundreds of signatures!
  • 12/5/24: Press Conference held at Seattle City Hall
  • 12/11/24: Nickelsville Central Committee sends letter to Mayor Harrell asking for meeting—NO RESPONSE!
  • 12/21/24: Nickelodeons host Brighton neighbors for cookies/hot cocoa and Q&A at the Brighton Village Site
  • 12/26/24: Nickelsville sends follow-up letter to Mayor Harrell asking again to meet— STILL NO RESPONSE!