As San Jose sweeps the Jungle encampment, some residents fall through housing cracks

AS SAN JOSE SWEEPS its last large homeless encampment known as “the Jungle,” some residents say the city has reneged on its promises of housing.

City officials claimed they had shelter beds for all 109 residents who originally lived at the East San Jose homeless camp across from Happy Hollow Park and Zoo. Camp residents tell a different story. While people who received housing said they’re grateful to have shelter, they don’t want to leave their friends at the Jungle.