{"id":113801,"date":"2024-11-25T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_profile&#038;p=113801"},"modified":"2024-11-25T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:51:43","slug":"pallets-tiny-home-villages-build-a-bridge-to-permanent-housing","status":"publish","type":"metro_profile","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/profiles\/pallets-tiny-home-villages-build-a-bridge-to-permanent-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pallet\u2019s Tiny Home Villages Build a Bridge to Permanent Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2024//11//7O1A3981-20-Edit-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113802\" 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class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Pallet\u2019s Tiny Home Villages Build a Bridge to Permanent Housing<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">In response to housing and refugee crises, the Washington-based company creates rapid response shelter villages that can be constructed in a matter of days. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"//tag//sam-lubell/">Sam Lubell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//sharer//sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Fpallets-tiny-home-villages-build-a-bridge-to-permanent-housing%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg 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class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cWelcome to Tiny Homes Reseda, where people come to get their lives together!\u201d says Tracey Carr, case manager at Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission\u2019s shelter for the unhoused in this San Fernando Valley city. She and her colleague Rodrigo Mercado are guiding me through the facility, which opened in 2021 and occupies a former parking lot abutting Reseda\u2019s Randal D. Simmons Park. It consists of 101 beds, and assists with things like housing navigation, mental health services, substance abuse counseling, and job training and placement. And as the name \u201ctiny home\u201d suggests, it contains 52 individual units\u2014which are, nationwide, becoming a key bridge between congregant shelters (in which people bunk together) and permanent supportive housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">All of the residences, and those of Hope of the Valley\u2019s seven other Tiny Home villages, were produced by <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////palletshelter.com///">Pallet<\/a>, a public benefit corporation based in Everett, Washington that has become a leader in what it calls \u201cRapid Response Shelter Villages.\u201dSince opening in 2016, the company has built over 4,000 individual shelters and 121 villages in over 85 cities nationwide. The peak roofed shelters, whose structurally insulated fiberglass composite panels are assembled in a factory, are <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//profiles//cassette-modular-housing-startup///">shipped<\/a> on pallets (hence the name) and can be built on site quickly. Walls slide together and a welded aluminum base has foundations built in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote size-regular\"><blockquote><p><\/p><cite>&#8220;The end game is your own permanent housing that you are able to sustain.\u201d<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1438\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2024//11//Denver-Village-2-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-2-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-2-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-2-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-2-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pallet&#8217;s Denver Village. Courtesy Pallet. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Units contain two beds (one can be removed for single occupancy), built in shelving, a small heater, and an air conditioner. An entire village can go up in a day or two, says Amy King, Pallet\u2019s co-owner. For facilities who need them, the company also produces structures for dining, restrooms, offices, and laundry. (All have robust fire, wind, and snow load ratings, says King.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Before launching Pallet, King and her husband Brady owned a contracting business called Square Peg Construction, which employed several formerly unhoused people in various trades. After talking with some of these employees, they were inspired to create spaces for the unhoused that they considered more humane and dignified. \u201cWe asked them, \u2018what\u2019s missing\u2019?\u201d says King. \u201cThey told us, \u2018people want help, they just don\u2019t want to be in a congregant shelter.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Individual shelters, explains King, have existed for a long time. But they became a necessity during the COVID-19 lockdown, and have kept gaining in popularity since. They provide, she says, more respite, safety, and privacy than congregant shelters or encampments, while still supplying a community setting. They also have more residents advancing to permanent shelter. (She and others add that tiny homes are not for everyone. Some prefer the more regular interaction and support of congregant settings.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">And unlike some congregant shelters, King adds, tiny home villages can go up anywhere\u2014 like in parking lots, vacant lots, or parks. Many of Pallet\u2019s in-house engineers and builders are formerly unhoused, and still provide expert feedback on what\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2024//11//Denver-Village-5-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Denver-Village-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pallet&#8217;s Denver Village. Courtesy Pallet. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The company, says King, keeps making improvements. The newest line, called Series 2, features improved insulation and energy efficiency, larger size, smoother walls, quicker deployment, and tamper proof electrical panels. Some units come with ensuite bathrooms. In Reseda, which can bake in the summer, the village\u2019s units, from one of Pallet\u2019s older lines, could definitely use more insulation. In March, units\u2019 air conditioning units were already whirring around the property. (The parking lot location is lacking in shade trees, too.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Kevin Stanley, a resident who has been here for a week and a half, is just grateful that the facility exists. His friend, with whom he is rooming (units can house one or two people, although most house one) recommended it to him. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to get my life back on track. I\u2019m comfortable here. I\u2019m blessed to be here.\u201d He has two more reptilian roommates\u2014his pet turtles Missy and Timmy\u2014who are currently walking on one of the site\u2019s two green expanses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Most residents have customized their units to some degree, even though they\u2019re technically not supposed to. (Staff generally look the other way as long as the units are not damaged.) Some have colorful curtains. Others put up wallpaper or put down hardwood flooring or rubber matting. At other sites, operators, occupants, or local artists, says King, have painted designs on shelters, created colorful wraps, or enlivened sites with street murals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2024//11//EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72.png/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72.png 2500w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/EnSuite_3wall_styled_2500x72-2048x1366.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">S2 Ensuite. Courtesy Pallet. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">But no matter how comfortable residents feel, the key is to ensure they are not <em>too<\/em> comfortable. \u201cWe need to remind people this is not a permanent home. They need to get back on their own.\u201d Adds Carr: \u201cThe end game is your own permanent housing that you are able to sustain.\u201d Residents are supposed to only stay for 90 days at a time while they find permanent housing. Most get extensions, she notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Meanwhile the demand, for better or worse, keeps growing, along with the nationwide homeless population. King says the company now makes 15 shelters a day and has begun conversations to provide Pallets overseas, particularly for refugees in locations like Ukraine. In California, Governor Newsom\u2019s $ 1 billion <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.gov.ca.gov//2023//03//16//governor-newsom-announces-1-billion-in-homelessness-funding-launches-states-largest-mobilization-of-small-homes///">homeless funding program<\/a> includes delivering 1,200 small homes to the state\u2019s largest cities, including Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Communities, though, will inevitably put up a fight. King says that while neighbors fear increases in crime and vandalism, the villages generally provide their settings a decrease in both. One key: security is tight to get in and out, which protects the unhoused, who are more likely to be the victim of crimes than the perpetrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cMost of the predatory behavior is not in the unhoused population itself,\u201d stressed King. \u201cIt\u2019s a vulnerable population.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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