New Amazon Building In Seattle Will Include A Homeless Shelter.
But today Amazon announced that a new building it plans to construct in Seattle will feature a decidedly uncommon mix: its own high-tech offices, and a homeless shelter with space for 65 families.
Last year, Amazon invited Mary's Place to set up a shelter inside a former Travelodge it owns.
That building will be torn down, but its replacement will include a permanent shelter space with room for about 200 homeless women, children, and families.
Homelessness is a huge problem in Seattle, where tent cities have sprung up under the interstates.
A report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 10,730 homeless people in Seattle and King County in 2016.
Building a homeless shelter within one of its new buildings appears to be an effort to change that narrative. »