San Jose’s unsheltered homeless resident population to reach nearly 13,000 by 2024 without interventions, officials say

San Jose’s population of unsheltered homeless residents could balloon to nearly 13,000 by 2024 based on past population trends if the city does not take any action to reduce homelessness by then, city officials said this week.

That projection is based on baseline population data from the city’s 2019 Point-in-Time census of sheltered and unsheltered homeless residents as well as historical trends, officials with the city’s Department of Housing told the City Council on Tuesday.