The problems raise questions about San Jose’s plans to more than double its total homeless housing stock.
has had similar issues despite unprecedented billions in state and local homelessness spending in recent years. Even so, experts agree such facilities, designed to offer on-site social services, can be effective in providing residents the stability to take advantage of mental health care, drug counseling or other assistance.
“There’s such incredible scarcity, and there is a compelling need to not turn away people,” she said.When Second Street Studios opened four years ago, city leaders celebrated San Jose’s first 100% long-term homeless housing complexin the city’s push to end homelessness.
Martin, a Second Street resident paying $318 a month in rent, said she’s been assaulted multiple times at the property, adding she often felt safer living in encampments. “There, I can get away. I can move locations,” she said. “Here, you’re stuck in this building.” “When you’re in the middle of a building that has really high-needs folks, it’s not simple,” said Katie Fantin, a vice president of Abode Services, Second Street’s service provider, which has a 12-person team assigned to the site.
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