When Mayor Murray was looking for a way to help the homeless, he found San Francisco's Navigation Center and decided to create a similar one in Seattle.
He describes it to be a dormitory-like living facility that brings a variety of services together under one roof.
But one already exists in North Seattle, in a city-owned building, which has been helping families on a smaller scale since the beginning of 2016.
Edilyn Domenden and her family were on the street, until they arrived here at Mary's Place Family Center last weekend.
It's not just a warm place to lay their heads at night. The Family Center brings non-profits in to offer more than 50 different social services to the homeless all under one roof.
"You got somewhere to put the babies, daycare, more convenient too," said Domenden. "The laundry they have ... showers for families."
"We believe it's a model that works and should be implemented across the state," said Marty Hartman, Mary's Place Executive Director.
Harman believes it's a matter of helping those in need make the most of their time to improve their situation.
"Just imagine you're a 32-year-old mom and you have three kids in tow going all over town looking for diapers," Hartman said. "How much that would cost you first of all, how much time that takes. And you're going to get five or 10 diapers for a week."
Instead, the 30 families staying here, along with the dozens of other families at other Mary's Place locations, can work on getting their GED or finishing their housing application.
Domenden meets with a support advocate who helps find the family's next step.
"With all these negative feelings we're going through in our lives, we're homeless, we're worried, we're always sad, just depressed all the time. With this advocate and people supporting us, it helps us move to our next goal," she said.
How did the Family Center feel when they heard the Mayor wanted to create a similar model?
"Just do it. It seems overwhelming at first, but it's possible," said Hartman.
The Family Center can stay in the building at 130th and Aurora until the end of 2016, then it needs to find it's next location.
But that's how all six of the Mary's Place shelters work.
Amazon, Vulcan, Pemco, and in this case the city of Seattle, have all donated buildings temporarily which have helped cut down on costs.
