ANN ARBOR, MI — Amid rising housing costs and homelessness, Ann Arbor officials are contemplating a new solution: a pallet home village.
City staff pitched the idea of temporary tiny homes as a response to a growing homelessness crisis during City Council’s annual planning session Monday night, Dec. 8.
“Pallet housing villages offer rapid, dignified relief,” said Hank Kelley, deputy planning manager, who proposed the idea with Jonathan Laye, the city’s Supportive Connections director, and Community Services Administrator Derek Delacourt…