The City of Fort Lauderdale wants to build fifty to one hundred “pallet homes” for the homeless in an unincorporated area bordering the City of Plantation. Staff presented the idea at a Fort Lauderdale Commission workshop Tuesday afternoon. Pallet homes are small wooden shacks. The City would place them in the Broadview Park neighborhood along Peters Road.

Broadview Park is across the street from Plantation’s Country Club Estates and the Fort Lauderdale Country Club and Golf Course.

Fort Lauderdale owns a large parcel of land in the Broadview Park neighborhood. In 2022, the Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority planned on building 600 workforce apartments on the land.

According to today’s presentation, a small parcel of unused land could accommodate the pallet homes.

The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale said the City’s proposal was forwarded to the Broward County Commission two weeks ago. The County has not responded.

Local governments are working on plans ahead of the new anti-public camping laws which take effect October 1st.

As REDBROWARD reported last week, a homeless encampment continues to grow at the Broward County West Regional complex at the intersection of Pine Island Road and Broward Boulevard.

Will the Mayor of Plantation allow the County and the City of Fort Lauderdale to build a homeless shanty town near Plantation neighborhoods?