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Updated 02/08
 

Tent City - Temporary Homeless Shelters in King County

About Tent City Camps in King County

Tent City is a temporary encampment of up to 100 homeless persons who live in a group of tents on the property of a host for approximately 90 days. The camps have managers and a code of conduct for residents.

The program is sponsored and managed by SHARE/WHEEL (Seattle Housing and Resource Efforts (SHARE) and Women's Housing, Equality, and Enhancement League (WHEEL)).   The first community, called Tent City 3, was created in 2000.   It has had camp sites in Seattle, Shoreline, Tukwila, and Burien.  Tent City 3 will be hosted on the campus of Seattle University in early 2005.  Share/Wheel established Tent City 4 in the spring of 2004 on the Eastside after working out an agreement with King County. 

Local governments in King County issue conditional use permits for the temporary camps Seattle-King County Public Health provides support services to camp managers.  This Web page provides the local government documents related to temporary permitting for Tent City. If you have anything that would be of interest for this page, please contact the page editor.

King County

The Metropolitan King County Council created the King County Citizens' Advisory Commission on Homeless Encampments (CACHE) to address four specific topics related to the complex and controversial issue of encampments of persons who are homeless in King county.

Auburn

  • Auburn Resolution No. 3808 ( 77 KB) - Establishes a moratorium on acceptance of applications for licenses, permits and approvals relating to transitory accommodations, passed 1-05
  • Auburn Ordinance No. 6014 ( 563 KB) - Adopts regulations related to homeless encampments, passed 7-06 

Burien (Tent City 3)

Bothell (Tent City 4)

Issaquah

Kirkland (Tent City 4)

Mercer Island

SeaTac

Shoreline (Tent City 3)

Woodinville (Tent City 4)