Amazon offers company building as free shelter for Seattle homeless

Amazon is repurposing a building purchased for its downtown Seattle campus as temporary housing for the city’s growing homeless population The 35,000 square-foot building will house nearly 200 residents. It was formerly a Travelodge hotel and college dormitory. Rooms in the building will be reserved for families with children and their pets Residents will only be allowed in the shelter at night but can store possessions in their rooms while at Mary's Place's day shelters Families will begin moving in next week