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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(127,686 posts) Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:41 PM Aug 6

Seattle shifts course on tiny home villages with new investment

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Seattle shifts course on tiny home villages with new investment (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 6 OP

no McMansions and no Tiny Houses Skittles Aug 6 #1

These are for formerly homeless people TommyT139 Aug 7 #2

Skittles

(166,855 posts)

1. no McMansions and no Tiny Houses

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 10:54 PM

Aug 6

HOW ABOUT JUST SOME NORMAL-SIZED HOUSING

TommyT139

(1,753 posts)

2. These are for formerly homeless people

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 02:16 AM

Aug 7

...who used to keep their stuff in tents. That meant that their belongings could be stolen, or municipalities could sweep in and remove everything -- worse than their stuff getting stolen.

These tiny homes lock, have a/c, wifi, and are a huge improvement over what folks had before.

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