just prior to the 1999 seattle wto protests, leavitt built three small, wheeled housing units to be used by tent cities for the homeless. the first two units, made from salvaged pallet wood and recycled materials, served seattle area tent cities for 3 years to follow. "as the homeless faced the threat of street sweeps during wto, leavitt's creations were used as a 'honeymoon sweet' (sic) for one couple, and as a headquarters for the seattle housing and resource effort (share). log cabins for the homeless? it is an odd invention indeed. but it may also be a solutions of sorts for homelessness in seattle."(real change) to improve on his first designs, leavitt built a third unit in 2001 using vinyl siding scraps salvaged from construction debris. though designed as a domestic dwelling, the unit was used for 7 years as secure storage and nighttime security posts in the tent cities until it was dismantled in 2008.