‘This is a godsend’: PATH apartment complex in San Jose helps formerly homeless seniors

STEVEN LYNCH USED to ride his bike past PATH Villas at 4th Street in San Jose every week, checking on the development’s progress. He hoped luck would roll his way and he’d secure a spot in one of the studio apartments, after five years of rotating between homeless shelters and his car.

Lynch, 64, along with his two cats Queen Elizabeth and King George, matched Santa Clara County’s qualifications for individuals 55 and over and his life has stabilized. Lynch is one of 93 formerly unhoused seniors who reside at Villas at 4th Street and has been living in a studio on the fourth floor for four months. He became unhoused after leaving the high-tech job he held for an estimated 40 years due to his struggle with depression and other mental health issues.