Seattle councilmember pushes for increasing number of tiny house villages
Andrew Constantino was always friendly with the people living on the street in his neighborhood. As a recovering drug addict, he said he understood what it was like to struggle -- he'd get to know the people he passed by and offer help when he could.
"I knew everyone by name," he said. "That's just part of my nature."
Over the years, the rent in Constantino's apartment continued to rise and he eventually realized he couldn't afford to stay. He ran out of options and started talking to people on the street about what they were doing to survive.
When Constantino first became homeless, he went to a shelter. The shelter he stayed at enforced strict rules, including setting times people had to be in and out by. It also offered no privacy, he said, with people sleeping just inches from one another. Constantino chose to stay in a tent in Seattle over the shelter. Then, Constantino got the chance to move into a tiny house.
The difference between staying in a shelter and the tiny house, he said, was "like night and day."
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