OLYMPIA – Sen. Steve Conway (D-South Tacoma) joined local officials in Orting on Oct. 1 to break ground on a new tiny house village that will provide supportive housing to up to 35 veterans in Pierce County experiencing homelessness.
Located on a five-acre portion of the campus of the Washington Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Soldiers Home, the Orting Veterans Village will give veterans access to fully furnished tiny homes, as well as one-on-one staff support and a built-in community, starting in 2020.
Quixote Communities – a non-profit known for Quixote Village, a tiny house village supporting 30 individuals in Olympia – will operate and manage the Orting project, in partnership with the WDVA and the Puget Sound Veterans Hope Center. Community Frameworks, a non-profit affordable housing developer that also worked on Quixote Village, is serving as the contracted developer.
The Veterans Village is being built in part with $3 million in funding that Conway secured as part of the 2017-19 capital construction budget. In addition to tiny homes, it will have a large community building with a double kitchen, dining area, multipurpose room, staff offices and laundry facilities.
Quixote Communities plans to partner with the WDVA and community resources to provide residents services including transportation, care coordination, behavioral health services and life skill classes.
