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Connecting Pallet Team Members with Housing

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Tonya: “I feel like I’m doing something worthwhile”

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Jeff: “I’m getting stable ground under me”

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Christa: “I have the strength to keep going”

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Gregory: “I have to reinvent myself”

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Introducing Pallet’s Purpose-Led Workforce Model

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Why Voting in Your Local Election is Critical

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The Link Between Domestic Violence and Homelessness

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Why Stable Housing is Essential for Recovery

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How Climate-Related Disasters Magnify the Housing Crisis

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Pallet 2023 Impact Report

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Incarceration Is Not a Solution

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The Dangers of Extreme Heat

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The Importance of Building Resilient Communities

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Pallet’s Role in Creating Positive Housing Transitions

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How Attainability Can Help Solve the Housing Crisis

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The First S2 Shelter Residents Share Their Stories

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Pallet S2: Built by Lived Experience

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Why Pallet is Driven by Trauma-Informed Design

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Year in Review: 2023 at Pallet

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Pallet provides emergency shelter in Everett evacuation

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Roxana: Power in compassion

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Finding structure and safety: Jeffrey

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Understanding the Post-Disaster Housing Continuum

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I want to see a brighter future for myself: Michael

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Housing is Public Safety

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3 Common Barriers to Opening a Pallet Shelter Village

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Proven safety: Rigorously testing and certifying our shelters

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Housing is Infrastructure

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Looking to the future: Dawn

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In-House Engineering Creates Better Shelters

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Housing is Healthcare

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Dave: Right where I’m supposed to be

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PathForward™ develops programs in Colorado and West Virginia to end homelessness

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Homelessness Glossary Part III: The Housing Continuum

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Rethinking post-disaster housing solutions 

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Four ways to fund a Pallet shelter village

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How climate change harms displaced communities 

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Having a roof over your head makes it a lot easier: Fred

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Myth: Addiction causes homelessness 

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Rebuilding her life: Linda

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What we mean when we talk about interim shelter  

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Pallet 2022 Impact Report

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Why rapid-response interim shelter is crucial 

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Dignity as a Guiding Principle

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Debunking Myths: Shelter villages are crime hotspots

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How homelessness impacts marginalized communities

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Going Beyond Permanent Housing

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Sarah: Taking the next right step

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Introducing PathForward™

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Pallet shelters can weather the elements

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Creating a safe environment  

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Why housing is a human right

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Debunking Myths: Tribes get money. Homelessness shouldn’t be a problem.

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Jennifer & Alan: Closing the loop through giving back

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6 Impacts of Homelessness Unique to Indigenous Communities

Villages

Pallet builds its 100th village

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Year in Review: 2022 at Pallet

Villages

Village of Hope: Helping formerly incarcerated people start fresh

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From a tent to homeowner: Pallet employee Alex on accomplishing his goals

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Debunking Myths: There are enough emergency shelter beds for homeless people

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Homelessness Glossary Part II: 12 terms to know

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Lacey is thriving not surviving

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From second chance to fair chance: Why we're changing our language

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The early days of Pallet as told by longtime employees

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Tim’s story: From a Pallet shelter village to housing

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How extreme weather harms unhoused people

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Q&A: Mayor Cassie Franklin on addressing unsheltered homelessness

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Debunking Myths: Homeless people shouldn’t own pets

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Finding peace together: Damone and Blue

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A supportive little friend: Juan and Pepe

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Serving as emotional support: Daisy and My Lady

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Always protecting family: Lynette, BooBoo and RaRa

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Best friends from the start: John and Walter

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Building a path to permanent housing at Esperanza Villa

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Building community in Vancouver, WA

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How outreach to unhoused youth can impact their lives

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How homelessness impacts the LGBTQ+ community

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Pallet is a certified Living Wage Employer

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Pallet achieves new status: Public Benefit Corporation

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Debunking Myths: Homelessness is a blue state problem

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How Pallet shelter villages have a positive impact on mental health

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Breaking the cycle of homelessness in Aurora, CO

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Pallet's origin story

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Change is possible, just ask Sarah

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How Pallet shelters are tested for cold conditions

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Homelessness Glossary: 15 terms to know

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Debunking Myths: Homelessness can’t be solved

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Building community at Westlake Village

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Are Pallet shelters safe?

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Pallet shows business can be a force for good

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How Jessie transformed his life and joined Pallet

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Debunking Myths: Homeless people are lazy

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Pallet shelter village serving Veterans grows

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Pallet 2021 impact report

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Pallet introduces community rooms for villages

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Second chance employment gave Jennifer an opportunity to rebuild her life

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Debunking Myths: Homelessness is a choice

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Hostile architecture and its impact on unhoused people

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What happens in a Pallet shelter village

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Year in Review: 2021 at Pallet

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Ready to give for the holidays? What to donate

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Oakland addressing homelessness with Pallet shelters

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J.J. found purposeful work at Pallet

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Veterans move into Pallet shelters

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Five items you can donate to help your homeless neighbors

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Defining the types of homelessness

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Debunking Myths: Homelessness is a personal failure

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3+ reasons why cities need warming centers

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How does winter affect homelessness?

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Daniece builds Pallet shelters and helps others in recovery

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New Beginnings Pallet shelter village opens in Arkansas

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FAQ’s about becoming a second chance employer

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Five tips to become a second chance employer

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A.J. is maximizing his second chance at Pallet

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Pallet introduces bathrooms for shelter villages

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Debunking homelessness myths: They are not local

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Just Do What You Can: A poem on the challenges of being homeless

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Pallet shelter village opens in Everett, WA

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Profile: Chris Hernandez, Chandler Blvd. Tiny Home Village case manager

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Pallet Founder and CEO Amy King talks building shelter for people experiencing homelessness and more in podcast interview

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We are All Here: A poem on living without a home

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From homelessness to building transitional housing

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New Pallet shelter village opens in Burlington, Washington

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Putting people before profit: Why we’re a Social Purpose Company

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Community check in: Riverside, California

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Pallet employee Josh thought the life he has today was out of reach

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What’s in a name? How we chose Pallet

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Homeless count report paints a ‘devastating’ picture

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Green energy powering Santa Clara County Pallet shelters

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Pallet and LA Conservation Corps Partnership to Bring Hundreds of Shelters for People Experiencing Homelessness

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A look at our impact in 2020

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Los Angeles Opens Its First Shelter Village

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Interview with Pallet Founder and CEO, Amy King

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A Better Crisis Response

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Can People Experiencing Homelessness Vote?

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Behind the Scenes Interview: Riverside Shelter Community

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Pets and Homelessness

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How Will the Coronavirus Affect Homelessness?

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Matthew’s Path Out of Homelessness

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Why People Experiencing Homelessness Don’t Accept Shelter

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3 Innovative Ways to Protect People Experiencing Homelessness from Coronavirus

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Why Coronavirus Risk is Especially High for People Experiencing Homelessness

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Los Guilicos Shelter Village for People Experiencing Homelessness

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3 Reasons We Designed Our Shelters Without Bathrooms

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5 Myths About Homelessness