"They can get out of survival mode, apply for a job, reconnect with family (and) get access to treatment for mental health care addiction if they need it, Mayor Matt Mahan said. Our neighbors can also breathe a sigh of relief, not because we've solved the crisis, but because we've reduced impacts, and we've proven that it can be solved. We've given the people of San Jose hope, both housed and unhoused,"
"Since the city shifted away from the Housing First strategy and began allocating more money to interim housing, it has seen massive reductions in unsheltered homelessness. Although the latest point-in-time count indicated at least 6,503 residents were homeless, the sheltered homelessness rate has improved from 16% to nearly 40% as a result of the city standing up more quick-build communities."
"San Jose has completed construction of a new tiny home community at 5205 Cherry Ave., which will provide 136 beds for unhoused residents. (Devan Patel/Bay Area News Group) The city began the year with 499 units of emergency housing. It has also opened up tiny home communities at Via Del Oro, Monterey Road and Branham Lane, as well as doubling the shelter capacity at its Rue Ferrari site."
San Jose transformed a Valley Water-owned site at 5205 Cherry Ave. into a 136-bed tiny home community, the 11th interim housing site opened this year. The effort advances a goal of tripling shelter capacity while removing encampments and cleaning waterways. Residents can exit survival mode, apply for jobs, reconnect with family, and access mental health and addiction treatment. The city shifted funding away from a Housing First emphasis toward interim housing, coinciding with large reductions in unsheltered homelessness. Latest counts show at least 6,503 people experiencing homelessness while the sheltered rate rose from 16% to nearly 40%.
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