Sound Foundations NW

This GivingTuesday, Help Us Fill New Villages with up to

Fifteen New Tiny Homes!

Sound Foundations NW (SFNW) is addressing the homelessness crisis in western Washington by producing transitional tiny homes with our quick, efficient, cost effective, and streamlined building system. 

In 2025, three more tiny home villages have already opened in Seattle(x2) and Tacoma, and a fourth is under construction in NE Seattle.  A fifth village is budgeted and in the planning stages, joining 21 villages already operating.  And for 2026, up to six new villages are planned.  Nearly 500 more of our tiny homes are needed to fill all these additional villages!

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We've built more than 675 tiny homes, and counting, since 2018!

Our 15,000 s.f. building facility in Seattle's SODO district, The Hope Factory, hosts 15-25 daily volunteers working on our assembly-line-style and no-experience-necessary building system, constructing roughly 12 tiny homes at a time, six days per week.  With our system, SFNW builds an entire village’s worth of tiny homes in about 10 weeks.

Our tiny homes are wood-frame construction and well insulated, with two operable windows and a locking front door, all architect-designed to last up to twenty years.  After they leave the Hope Factory, homes have electricity, overhead light, heat, and a/c installed.  These are substantial and dignified temporary homes that offer stability, security, and community.

Once in a village, residents have access to the dignity of restroom/shower facilities, kitchens and laundry, plus professional staff who offer counseling, treatment, education, and community-building. While residents recover from the trauma of living on the street and prepare for permanent housing, our city streets, parks, and tourist attractions are once again more available for everyone’s enjoyment. 

• Tiny home villages had an 87% occupancy rate in 2023 (the most recent data available), making them one of the most desired shelter options.
• More than 5000 people have transitioned through tiny homes on their journey out of homelessness.
• In 2023, more than 98% of those who moved to permanent housing were still housed one year later.
  
• Historically, each transitional tiny home provides a warm, safe, and dry space for up to 3 people each year who would otherwise be on the streets, and up to 60 neighbors over the designed 20-year life of each home.
• We still build one tiny home for just $4500 worth of materials - a fraction of the cost of other shelter types.

These stats mark tiny homes as the most desirable, effective, and affordable alternative to tents, encampments, and RV's, to help move our homeless neighbors off the streets and farther along their journey to permanent housing.  

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Will YOU Help Show Someone They're Worth It?

During Giving Tuesday 2025, our goal is to raise $67,500 to shelter up to 900 of our neighbors in those fifteen tiny homes over their designed 20 year lifespan.  Will you join us to move our neighbors experiencing homelessness off the streets?

   Donations are being matched by 100% for the first $26,000 !!  

  Give $100 and our building fund receives $200 !!  

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In times of limited resources, tiny homes are a practical and tangible way to help relieve the crisis of unsheltered homelessness all around us. You can be a part of this grassroots effort by supporting Sound Foundations NW. Please make a generous one-time or ongoing donation, today. If your situation allows, please consider sponsoring one or more complete tiny homes at the $4500 level.

Please know that your gift, at any amount, makes a visible difference right now as we build towards our 700th tiny home and continue to bring our unsheltered neighbors inside and off the ground.

Thank you!