City Council Adds ‘Quick-Build’ Housing Units To Reach 2022 Goal
The expansion of the quick-build communities increases the total number of units to reach the city’s goal of 1,000 units completed or under development by the end of 2022. The post City Council Adds...
View ArticleSan José Awarded $19.9M to Buy Former Motel for Housing Homeless
The Pacific Motor Inn will provide interim housing for 72 formerly unhoused individuals for two years before being redeveloped into permanent supportive housing. The post San José Awarded $19.9M to Buy...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Unhoused Are in The Eye of The Storm
Across the state, some of the most vulnerable include the unhoused, whose numbers have increased by at least 22,500 in the last three years to about 172,000. The post California’s Unhoused Are in The...
View ArticleSan José Announces It Will Open Transition Facilities for Unhoused Residents...
The new evacuation centers will match unhoused residents with access to facilities and new supplies to accelerate their move from the streets into interim housing. The post San José Announces It Will...
View ArticleHomeless Californians Tell Their Stories to The New York Times
The Times profiled 30 people, who talked about their experience with homelessness, part of an effort to illuminate the challenges and occasional mundanity of unhoused people’s lives. The post Homeless...
View ArticleSan José Mayor Endorses New State Bill in Bid to End Unsheltered Homelessness
SB 634 would make the task of housing unhoused and low-income residents on vacant land easier for California cities. The post San José Mayor Endorses New State Bill in Bid to End Unsheltered...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Housing Crackdown Could Force Cities to Plan More Homeless Shelters
California cities of every size lack shelter beds for the state’s growing homeless population. A new bill would force local governments to do more, and punish cities that don’t plan housing for...
View ArticleLatest Homeless Count Shows Decrease, with More Sheltered
The latest Point-in-Time census showed slight decreases in the number of unhoused individuals counted across Santa Clara County and in the City of San José. The post Latest Homeless Count Shows...
View ArticleTiny Shelters Offer Refuge for Unhoused in San Jose, Santa Cruz
A tiny home project building bicycle-locker-sized enclosures in Santa Cruz morphed into Simply Shelter and expanded to San Jose. The post Tiny Shelters Offer Refuge for Unhoused in San Jose, Santa Cruz...
View ArticleNewsom Administration Makes Progress on Tiny Home Promise
The state has chosen who will build the 1,200 tiny homes Gov. Gavin Newsom promised the state’s homeless residents. But it remains to be seen when they will be built. Nearly a year ago, Gov. Gavin...
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