Pallet shuts down after nine years of taking on homelessness with its durable micro-shelters

A village of Pallet tiny houses, with some customization by residents. (Pallet Photo) Nine years after setting out to tackle unsheltered homelessness with rapidly deployable, hard-panel micro-shelters, Everett, Wash.-based social purpose corporation Pallet is closing its business. In a post on its website , Pallet said the landscape surrounding the homelessness response has evolved significantly since the company was founded in 2017.