San Jose has initiated an interim housing project along the Guadalupe River, enhancing support for homeless residents while addressing environmental concerns. This new tiny home community will expand the city's shelter capacity nearly threefold within 18 months. City officials, including Mayor Matt Mahan, emphasize the importance of dignified shelters and supportive services to help individuals transition out of homelessness. With existing interim housing proving effective in reducing unsheltered populations, the city is committed to creating additional units and associated services to foster community engagement and mitigate homelessness further.
"We in government have a responsibility for building basic, dignified shelter, interim housing, treatment centers (and) the supportive services people need to turn their lives around and live with dignity," San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said.
"When they're available, people have a responsibility for coming indoors and taking advantage of those services. That's the balance we need to strike to maintain community buy-in and be a city that lives up to our values."
Mahan said that the interim housing sites had proven effective in reducing the city's unsheltered housing population by more than 10% while the rest of the state saw an increase greater than 10%.
San Jose plans to add hundreds of interim housing units, including the expansion of Rue Ferrari, which will more than double its shelter capacity.
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