SAN JOSE — Communities across the Bay Area continue their efforts to try and address the homelessness crisis and Santa Clara County just received some help from the federal government.
“Every day, I hear from people – and I see it myself – people living in tents. It’s really unacceptable,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, CA-18.
Reps. Lofgren, Anna Eshoo, CA-16, Ro Khanna, CA-17, and Jimmy Panetta, CA-19, announced Friday that Santa Clara County will receive $39,486,518 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that will go to nonprofits and local governments in the county working to end homelessness.
“It’s the local governments that are the tip of the spear on this. They make all of the decisions on zoning, what’s going to be built, and all of that,” Lofgren said. “The major role that the federal government can play is to provide funding for those efforts.”
Here’s a breakdown of how the grants will be distributed: