Seattle shelter builder shuts down amid city’s push to add 1,000 new units

EVERETT, Wash. — The company that built 75 individual shelter units at one of Seattle’s newest homeless shelter sites is shutting down, adding a new wrinkle to Mayor Katie Wilson’s push to dramatically expand shelter across the city.

Everett-based Pallet announced this week that it is ending operations, less than three months after Wilson helped celebrate the opening of the Bayside Enhanced Shelter in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood.

The sudden closure surprised Sharon Lee, executive director of the Low Income Housing Institute, or LIHI, which operates tiny-house villages around the region…

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