Seattle Thursday announced three new authorized homeless camps planned for Seattle as part of the city’s Bridging the Gap plan.

The three new camps, set to open in early 2017, will have room for more than 200 people, with sites in Georgetown, Highland Park and North Seattle, the city’s Human Services Department said in a news release.

“Today’s announcement recognizes our need to provide safer alternatives to the people living unsheltered on our streets as we work to implement Pathways Home (the city’s long-term plan for reducing homelessness),” said Catherine Lester, Director of the Human Services Department, in the release.

Two of the three new sites will be sponsored by the Low Income Housing Institute, Nickelsville and SHARE, organizations that already sponsor several camps and tiny house villages around the city.

City councilmember Debra Juarez praised the new camps in an emailed statement, noting the success that existing camps have had.

“At a time when over 2,000 people are unsheltered in the city, now is the time to show compassion and determination to find stable solutions,” she said in the statement. “The City Council is investing money and resources into identifying our long term solution with the Pathways Home effort, and this project will be our immediate response to the immediate needs while we focus on the long term changes.”

Here are the sizes and locations of the three new camps::

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1000 South Myrtle St. will be a tiny house village with 50 tiny houses and room for up to 70 people.

8620 Nesbit Ave. North with also be a tiny house village with 50 tiny houses and room for up to 70 people.

9701 Myers Way South will be a tent encampment with 50 tents and room for up to 70 people.

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