City officials voted unanimously to approve an application seeking federal funding for the project entailing 43 shelters built at 2501 Maury St.

Des Moines city leaders are moving forward with plans to build a "pallet shelter village" for homeless individuals. At Monday's meeting, the council approved an application for a $2 million Community Development Block Grant to fund the shelters,

A public notice of the plans states the city would buy units manufactured by Pallet, a for-profit public benefit corporation in Everett, Washington. The box-like structures are made of fiberglass and secured to the ground but movable if needed.