A year ago, the emergency homeless shelter in San Jose run by Family Supportive Housing received about 25 calls a day from desperate families needing a roof over their heads. The amount of calls have skyrocketed this year, with at least 50 calls a day as the phones ring nonstop.
The number of new households becoming homeless is rapidly rising in Santa Clara County, with one in five or 21% being families with children, according to data provided by nonprofit Destination: Home. From 2022 to end of 2023, there was a 24% increase of people becoming homeless for the first time — 4,300 new households. That’s a significant jump from the prior cycle, which saw only a 9% increase from 2021 to 2022.
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