Tiny home village for the homeless planned in Spokane's West Hills neighborhood

Published on July 17, 2025

A 30-unit tiny home village for homeless people transitioning out of emergency shelters likely will be built in the West Hills neighborhood on a Sunset Boulevard property owned by the Waters Meet Foundation – formerly known as the Empire Health Foundation, according to President Zeke Smith.


While the shelters already have been purchased with funds from a state Department of Commerce grant, they haven’t arrived yet, and it’s not immediately clear what organization will operate the transitional housing project, nor how operations will be funded. Smith said he assumed Spokane’s elected leaders will see it as a worthy investment.

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