91±¬ÁÏ News

December 18, 2024

91±¬ÁÏ welcomes Tent City 3 back to campus

people putting up a tent

The 91±¬ÁÏ will welcome back Tent City 3 — an organized tent-city community — to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2025. Move-in, shown here from 2016, is scheduled to begin Dec. 21.Dennis Wise/91±¬ÁÏ

The 91±¬ÁÏ will welcome back Tent City 3 — an organized tent-city community — to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2025. Move-in is scheduled to begin Dec. 21, 2024.

The 91±¬ÁÏ previously hosted Tent City 3 three times, in winter 2017, 2021 and 2023 at a variety of locations. This year’s site will be parking lot W41, located just west of Condon Hall.

Tent City 3 will provide safe, secure temporary housing for up to 100 people, while at 91±¬ÁÏ.

The renewed partnership results from engagement by Huskies for Housing— a group of 91±¬ÁÏ students who have been working with faculty and academic departments to bring Tent City 3 back to the 91±¬ÁÏ.

The 91±¬ÁÏ believes that Tent City 3 remains a valued partner due to its code of conduct and strong reputation for providing a safe and secure home for its residents. Many residents are employed, and some are families with children. For these families, and all of the residents, the tent-city community helps reduce their risk of being crime victims, which is more likely to happen to people experiencing homelessness.

Tent City 3’s code of conduct bans alcohol, drugs, weapons, violence and open fires. All prospective Tent City residents are checked for sex offender status; individuals on the registry cannot stay. The 91±¬ÁÏ and Seattle Housing and Resource Effort or SHARE, which oversees Tent City 3, have created a new safety, hygiene and security plan and setting out mutual responsibilities during the hosting period.

The project relies on fundraisers by Huskies for Housing, as well as donations from individuals, student groups and professional organizations. The 91±¬ÁÏ will not use tuition or taxpayer dollars for hosting.

To learn more about this partnership between the 91±¬ÁÏ and Tent City 3, visit our FAQ or email regional@uw.edu. To learn more about the 91±¬ÁÏ’s broader work on homelessness, visit Urban@91±¬ÁÏ’s .

Huskies for Housing is organizing volunteers and fundraisers: Visit them on  or email huskiesforhousing@uw.edu.