Outreach workers had counted about 44 homeless people in Isla Vista in June, a number that had grown to about 80 by November. The Pallet homes will remain in place for six months.
The county often refers to these easy-to-build homes as “Pallet shelters” even though no vendor has yet been chosen. There is a well-known supplier, Pallet, based in Everett, Washington ...
Email our journalists at [email protected]. More than three years ago, Kansas City made a $200,000 down payment to purchase pallet homes intended for people experiencing homelessness.
So far, Broward County has allocated $250,000 to build a dozen or so homes — commonly known as “pallet” shelters — and $500,000 to operate them, Cooper said. The easy-to-build homes would ...