A startling trend has hit Santa Clara County over the past two years — more people have fallen into homelessness for the first time and can’t find a way out.
San Jose Spotlight reports Santa Clara County’s 2025 point-in-time count found more than 4,600 people have been homeless for a year or longer – with a disabling condition that makes maintaining work or housing difficult, known as chronic homelessness.
That’s a 21 percent increase from 2023, when there were about 3,800 chronically homeless residents county-wide…