Belmont Tiny House Village breaks ground, adds 32 homes on Capitol Hill
Belmont’s new village started rising at 1737 Belmont Ave., with 32 tiny houses slated to open by the end of July and six accessible units built in from the start.
Construction has started at 1737 Belmont Ave. on Capitol Hill, where the Belmont Tiny House Village is adding 32 homes and aiming to open by the end of July 2026. For Seattle, the project is more than another shelter site. It is a live test of how quickly the city can turn approved shelter dollars, available land and neighborhood support into beds that are ready now.
Low Income Housing Institute says the village will serve individuals and couples living unsheltered, with 24/7 staffing, a security pavilion, staff and case management offices, a community kitchen, and hygiene and laundry facilities. Six of the tiny houses and the common facilities will be accessible. LIHI also says residents will get on-site case management and behavioral health support to help with housing, employment, income support, health care, IDs, benefits and education.
The site sits on land owned by the Downtown Emergency Service Center, which had originally planned a permanent supportive housing building there. Federal funding challenges pushed that project back, and DESC says it still intends to build permanent supportive housing on the site in the future. For now, the land is being leased to LIHI, putting a tiny-house village in place while the longer-term housing plan waits its turn.
Belmont is also part of a reshuffle inside LIHI’s own shelter network. The new village is replacing tiny houses from Friendship Heights Village, which is being redeveloped into 125th Senior Housing with 90 units for seniors. That swap shows how tight Seattle’s shelter and housing pipeline remains: one village moves in as another site is cleared for the next phase of development.
The city has been pushing that pipeline harder. In 2025, Seattle allocated $5.9 million for two new tiny house villages totaling more than 100 homes, and city officials said the effort would expand shelter through LIHI partnerships. Mayor Bruce Harrell has framed the city’s goal as bringing more people indoors through dignified shelter, and tiny house villages have become one of the clearest tools in that strategy.
At Belmont, the practical question is whether this kind of build can keep moving at the pace Seattle needs, or whether it remains a case-by-case solution shaped by approvals, land ownership and neighborhood response. For now, the answer is on Capitol Hill in wood framing, utility hookups and 32 units heading toward a July finish.
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