"In 2021, the county launched the "Heading Home" campaign to reach "functional zero" of homeless families by 2025, or the point in which more families are housed than are falling into homelessness. Over the past four years, 2,543 families have obtained permanent housing, representing 8,601 individuals. Despite the county doubling shelter capacity for families from 682 beds in 2021 to 1,306 this year, the number of homeless families has also nearly doubled since 2022 - from nearly 900 people to about 1,680."
"The county has more than 10,700 homeless people, a record high. Families represent 16% of the homeless population, and a majority of families - 84% - live in a shelter or transitional housing. Since 2021, Santa Clara County has placed about 2,000 people in permanent housing through emergency housing vouchers and rapid rehousing programs, which provide households with time-limited rental subsidies with the expectation they'll gradually be able to pay for rent after the subsidies end."
Santa Clara County launched the "Heading Home" campaign in 2021 to reach functional zero of homeless families by 2025. From 2021 to 2025, 2,543 families (8,601 individuals) obtained permanent housing while shelter capacity for families increased from 682 to 1,306 beds. Despite those placements and capacity increases, the number of homeless families grew from about 900 people in 2022 to roughly 1,680. Emergency Housing Vouchers, used largely for families, cap rent at 30% of income and expire at the end of 2026. The county currently reports more than 10,700 homeless people, with families comprising 16% and 84% of families in shelters or transitional housing.
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