The Low Income Housing Institute has opened a new 90-unit tiny house village in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood, adding to the nonprofit’s network of shelter and affordable housing options in the region. The project, known as Cloverleaf Tiny House Village, is located at 9128 10th Ave. S. and is described as LIHI’s largest tiny house village to date.
Cloverleaf Tiny House Village is designed to function as a 24-hour shelter, according to reporting by the Puget Sound Business Journal. The village expands LIHI’s existing shelter footprint while complementing its broader affordable housing portfolio. The Seattle-based organization already operates tiny house villages and affordable apartment properties across the region, with more than 4,000 affordable apartments in its portfolio.
The project was developed by LIHI in partnership with New Direction Missionary Baptist Church. The collaboration reflects a combined effort between a regional housing nonprofit and a local faith-based group to deliver additional shelter capacity in South Park. While the church is a project partner, the 1.4-acre site itself is owned by an entity linked to Mac’s Upholstery, which retains control of the underlying land.
Construction costs for Cloverleaf Tiny House Village were expected to total approximately $2.4 million. The capital stack for the development was supported by nearly $2.8 million in grants from the Shelter Accelerator Fund, a public-private initiative formed between the city of Seattle and Challenge Seattle. These grants provided a key funding source for the project, enabling LIHI and its partner to move the village from concept to delivery.
Additional philanthropic support flowed through the Seattle Foundation, which contributed funds from several corporate and private sources. According to the reporting, the foundation channelled contributions from Microsoft, T-Mobile, Starbucks, and Seattle Mariners majority owner John Stanton and his wife, Terry Gillespie. This mix of corporate and individual donations helped round out the grant funding that backed the new village.
LIHI continues to expand its network of shelter and affordable housing assets across the Puget Sound region. In addition to its apartment portfolio, the organization operates 19 tiny house villages in King and Pierce counties. With Cloverleaf Tiny House Village now open in South Park, LIHI has added another 90 units of shelter capacity within its system of tiny house communities.
