Pop-up shelters that can be assembled in 20 minutes without tools could help address California's mounting homelessness crisis

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A Washington-based company called Pallet makes pop-up homeless shelters that can be assembled in 20 minutes without any tools.

Pallet recently assembled two of these shelters outside Sacramento City Hall to demonstrate the concept.

From 2017 to 2019, the number of homeless residents in Sacramento County rose by nearly 20 .

The city's mayor is pushing to have 150 of the pop-up shelters built before winter.

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Sacramento City Hall witnessed a demonstration on November 13, but it wasn't a protest.

For about 20 minutes, workers assembled two pop-up homeless shelters on the sidewalk outside the building without using any tools. Their goal was to demonstrate a potential solution to Sacramento's mounting homelessness crisis.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: One man is trying to end homelessness in Los Angeles by building tiny housesSee Also:34 of the most dangerous things science has strongly linked to cancerThis is how the world's 5 youngest billionaires spend their time and moneyA Silicon Valley startup is offering 10,000 to workers who volunteer to leave the Bay Area

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