When Tyree McCary moved to the Bay Area two years ago to be closer to friends and family, he knew he needed a housing plan. The Fresno native and anime superfan called a homeless shelter in San Jose to ensure there would be a spot for him when he arrived.
After months in the crowded shelter, sleeping on a bunk bed alongside dozens of other unhoused men, opportunity would indeed arrive.
A case manager told McCary that a sleek apartment complex with 99 affordable units was opening near Happy Hollow Park & Zoo. In January, he took a studio apartment on the sixth floor with sweeping views of the Diablo Range…