Tent City 3, a self-managed tent encampment currently perched on a small plot of state land under the Interstate 5, has often faced funding challenges.
Its parent organization, the Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE), doesn’t consistently meet benchmarks set by institutional funders to receive the money that it needs to keep going. The city of Seattle pulled its support in 2017, only to have the City Council reinstate the money in a last-minute change during budget season. ...