Santa Clara County

Housing

Housing units completed 2019 - 2024

24,765

Homelessness

Unsheltered homelessness change since 2023

No new data

Behavioral health

Number of people enrolled in Full-Service Partnerships

1,676
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HOMELESSNESS

METRICS

Santa Clara COUNTY IS SERVED BY

San Jose, Santa Clara City & County Continuum of Care

10,394

PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 2024

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since 2023

7,401

PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN 2024

No new data

since 2023

11,976

TOTAL YEAR-ROUND BEDS IN 2024

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since 2023

Santa Clara County’s plan to reduce homelessness

STATE PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding rounds 1-5

$234 million

HHAP funding awarded in the Santa Clara area 2019 - 2025

Of this, $97.3 million went directly to Santa Clara County. So far, they have:

  • Obligated $93.2 million
  • Spent $73 million

From January 2023 to June 2025, HHAP funding in the area:

CONNECTED
36,396 PEOPLE
TO SERVICES
HOUSED
14,584 PEOPLE

Caltrans Encampment Removals:

425 ENCAMPMENTS REMOVED
IN Santa Clara COUNTY from July 1, 2021
to February 13, 2026

Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) - rounds 1-3, January 2022 to June 2025

$6.9 million

ERF FUNDING AWARDED IN THE Santa Clara AREA

Continuum of Care only conducted a sheltered homelessness count in the most recent count.

Contact the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for more information.

Data last updated 2026-02-26

Note: Some data may only update yearly. See Data sources for more details.