Pallet, the Washington-based shelter manufacturer chosen for Dallas's planned South Dallas transitional housing community, announced it is closing its business after nine years. Dallas's plan calls for a 75-unit non-congregate community on 3.6 acres, at a price of $2.7 million paid from 2024 bond funds and with estimated annual operating costs of $1.5 million to $2 million; the city's published timeline places the Pallet unit order in December 2026 and installation by September 2027. Neither Pallet nor Dallas's Office of Housing and Community Empowerment had responded to requests for comment at publication.
Pallet said it created more than 6,000 beds and sheltered an estimated 30,000 people across the US and Canada since 2017.
Dallas leaders said they will complete a 75-unit transitional pallet housing facility with mental health support in southern Dallas. The city's Office of Housing and Community Empowerment and District 7 Council Member Adam Bazaldua announced plans in early August for approximately 75 transitional pallet homes on underutilized TxDOT property near Interstate 310, paired with behavioral health care, addiction treatment, case management and employment assistance.
Vendor Pallet has built similar communities in Atlanta, Tampa and Denver.