Everett Pallet shelter village can keep going with $700K in state funds

EVERETT — The Everett Gospel Mission’s Pallet shelter village will receive over $705,000 in state funds to keep its shelter operations alive for another year.

On Wednesday, the City Council accepted the money made available by the state Department of Commerce’s emergency housing funds. But after the latest money dries up, it’s unclear where the city will find support for the program going forward.

“We do not know if these specific funds will be available in future years at this time,” Julie Willie, the city’s community development director, wrote in an email.

Opened in 2021, the shelter project is a partnership between the mission on Smith Avenue and Pallet, an Everett-based company that manufactures small temporary housing units for unsheltered people. Not only do the units provide a roof and a bed, but they allow residents to be close to the mission, which can provide them access to meals, case management and other services.

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