Sound Foundations NW

“If I had exclusive referral power to a village and one opened right now, like in the next hour, let’s say there were 30 to 50 spots? Within an hour or two I could fill it with referrals easily, EASILY.”

~ Outreach worker, Andrew C.

from his interview with us here

Sound Foundations NW (SFNW) is addressing the homelessness crisis in the Seattle area by producing transitional tiny homes with our quick, simple, and cost effective building system to shelter our homeless neighbors while they await permanent housing.

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.

We've built more than 600 tiny homes since 2018, and counting!

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 also get electricity, overhead light, heat, and a/c.  These are substantial and dignified temporary homes that offer stability, security, and community.

Once in a village, residents have access to restroom/shower facilities, kitchens and laundry, counseling, treatment, education, and community-building and consequently 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 available data).
• In the past two years, more than 2500 people have transitioned through tiny homes.
• In 2024, more than 98% of those who moved to permanent housing were still housed after one year.
  
• Villages can be designed and completed in just a few months, and a 40-home village can be built, installed, and operated for a small fraction of the cost of other non-congregate shelter models. 
• We still build one tiny home for about $4500 worth of materials and our homes are built to last up to 20 years. 
• Currently, each transitional tiny home provides a warm, safe, and dry space for up to 3 people each year, and up to 60 neighbors over the designed 20-year life of each home, who would otherwise be on the streets.

These stats mark tiny homes as the most desirable, most effective, and most affordable alternative to tents, encampments, and rv's, that help move our homeless neighbors off the streets and farther along their journey to permanent housing.  There are currently 21 tiny home villages operating around Puget Sound.

Will YOU Help Show Someone They're Worth It? 

During GiveBIG 2025, our goal is to raise $63,000 to shelter up to 840 of our neighbors in those fourteen 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 150% !!    

  Give $50 and our building fund receives $125 !!  

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Building tiny homes is 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 beyond our 600th tiny home and continue to bring our unsheltered neighbors inside and off the ground.

Thank you!