Overview
- Seattle opened the first 50 single‑adult pallet homes in Interbay this week and plans to add 25 more by the end of June with additional sites coming this summer.
- Each unit is about 70 square feet and local reporting put the per‑unit cost at roughly $16,000, as the city pursues a fast procurement and permitting process with Pallet Shelter.
- Mayor Katie Wilson said the site will follow a low‑barrier, high‑support model that does not require residents to be sober or to accept treatment to enter but offers voluntary behavioral‑health services.
- The city has pledged $17 million to fund the first 500 temporary units and is building outside the King County Regional Homeless Authority, a move that has prompted a City Council deadline on the authority’s future for the mayor to decide by Aug. 1.
- Neighborhoods and some advocates have warned that a no‑sobriety entry policy could allow on‑site drug use and public‑safety problems, while the city argues getting people indoors quickly will let outreach workers connect residents to services.