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- Pallet is building tiny homes for people who have lost their homes due to natural and personal disasters.
- Like other tiny home makers, Pallet saw an uptick in popularity last year.
- The tiny homes can be installed close to each other to create a community of Pallet units.
Expensive tiny homes have been in high demand since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. But on the opposite end of the spectrum, a tiny home maker specializing in personal units for the homeless has also seen a surge in interest.
Pallet, a social purpose company, creates shelters for people facing homelessness as a result of natural and personal disasters. These personal tiny homes can be set up in multiples to create small communities, allowing occupants to have safety and privacy away from larger community shelter buildings.
"What we felt was really missing from the housing spectrum was a dignified shelter option that honored their individuality and allowed them to have autonomy in their rehabilitation process," Amy King, founder and CEO of Pallet, told Insider.
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The company's main customer base is municipalities, although it's received orders from nonprofits, religious organizations, and people who own plots of land.
According to King, while the tiny home community concept has been present for some time now, it's definitely become more of a trend as of late.
Like other tiny home makers, Pallet first started seeing an uptick in interest in March 2020. However, when early October hit, municipalities started realizing they would need individual shelters for people without homes during COVID-19-plagued wintertime.
This realization then created a second wave of Pallet interest in the same year.