Heidi White entered the Santa Teresa safe parking site 19 months ago thinking it’d be her first step out of homelessness. Instead, her health has declined and housing is still a dream.
White said she hardly sees her caseworker and is never informed of when a new affordable housing development is opening. Since moving there in November 2023, she only knows of a handful of people who have been placed into housing: one couple who moved into the Via Del Oro tiny home site and an individual who moved into permanent housing.
“Our caseworkers don’t have speciality training,” White told San José Spotlight. “I haven’t seen her since March.”…