Tent City 3 — Local services in Seattle

I stayed with them for about five months. It's not paradise but its not "the jungle". It's not a very safe place for any LGBT. I'm gay but not very obvious. When I was there it was the typical situation where all the non-white people would constantly be on guard about someone white being any kind of prejudice realistically or imagined, but there was plenty of gay slander and prejudice around every corner from the majority of all "races" as usual. It's just the reality of this city. LGBT just aren't worth any respect especially to those "ethnicities" that are just hung up on being social victims. The typical irony we have to deal with in the heterosexually dominated world. So just be careful. There's no one there to help LGBT or protect them from the realities of primitive attitudes. You can get some food there and they have porta potties. If you get to the new camp location early after they rotate to a new spot you might get a loaner tent before the whole place fills up. They also have group tents or "overflow" covered areas. You might get lucky and get a blanket and or sleeping bag or clothes depending on the situation. They used to have a working mobile shower unit but it was broken down when I was there. As others have said call ahead first. Be aware everyone has to do chores to stay there, you can choose depending on what's needed but every must contribute. One of these is working at the intake desk where phone calls come in. Most of the people who pick up the phone are not intelligent, patient or very interested in being helpful since it's required of them to volunteer and a lot are not the best people to begin with. That all said I did meet some nice people there that you at least did not constantly have to watch your back around. Some might even become friends with you. Some people will steal from you and worse. No drugs of any kind are allowed. If you are noticeably intoxicated in any way you will not be allowed entry until you are sober regardless if you're new or if you've been...

Tent City3 is a Self-Managed, Legal Homeless Encampment that can shelter up to 100 people. They move every 3-4 months so the address may not be up to date on Google. The best thing to do is to call them to get the address. The requirements to stay are: must be clean and sober, valid Government issued ID/Driver's License, NO SEX OFFENDERS, and a few participation credits every week. They are one of the few shelters in King County that accept families, kids, and pets (one pet/service animal per adult though).

The people here tend to be a bit wary of strangers, but stay long enough and you become family. Hot meals most nights and easy to prepare food comes in often. They have a microwave and coffee pot and (site depending) can cook their own hot meals on either grills or hot plates. Tents, blankets, and sanitation is provided.

I'm only giving 4 stars just because its not a perfect shelter but it does deal with its own imperfections.

Most of the bad reviews of this shelter are people who could not deal with the strictness of the shelter and have been barred from...

It is a great idea to offer places like Tent City, but only if it is that High School politics don't take it over and everything becomes Petty and uncomfortable. My wife and myself both utilized this particular Tent City and found it to be extremely helpful until the very juvenile supposed "politics" took over by people who were very obviously breaking the rules and were utilizing their supposed power to boot out people they didn't like as if it was a popularity contest. If it weren't for that occurring if it weren't for things like that occurring I would easily give it five stars and...