San Jose set to sweep largest encampment, but displaced residents have nowhere to go

AS SAN JOSE GEARS UP to dismantle its largest homeless encampment, inadequate housing has left hundreds of people with no place to go.

Homeless residents living in Columbus Park said outreach workers from the city and nonprofit HomeFirst promised housing would be available when the sweep starts Aug. 18. But some of the hotels being converted into temporary housing won’t be open until late August. The city’s first safe sleeping site opening on Taylor Street also won’t be ready until late August or September, according to a city spokesperson. On top of that, the opening dates of tiny homes at Cherry Avenue, Cerone Yard and the Rue Ferrari expansion have been pushed back to later in the fall. Together, these sites account for 759 spaces.