Seattle touts one of the world’s largest economies, but it also has surging homeless rates. The city’s downtown commercial real estate houses the offices of tech-giants such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—all perched above a swell of makeshift tent encampments where thousands of people experiencing homelessness live. The 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress reported that there are just over 14,000 homeless people in and around Seattle.
To help alleviate the city’s homeless crisis, Amazon gifted space at its Nitro South tower in downtown Seattle for supportive housing. There, nonprofit Mary’s Place Family Center provides emergency housing and services for families in
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