Santa Cruz County
Housing
Housing units completed 2019 - 2024
Homelessness
Unsheltered homelessness change since 2023
Behavioral health
Number of people enrolled in Full-Service Partnerships
HOMELESSNESS
METRICS
Santa Cruz COUNTY IS SERVED BY
Watsonville/Santa Cruz City & County Continuum of Care
1,850
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 2024
red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 2.5%
since 2023
1,485
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN 2024
red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 4.1%
since 2023
2,656
TOTAL YEAR-ROUND BEDS IN 2024
green arrow up icon, which represents positive trend 10.5%
since 2023
STATE PROGRAM SNAPSHOT
Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding rounds 1-5
$24.5 million
HHAP funding awarded in the Santa Cruz area 2019 - 2025
Of this, $20.7 million went directly to Santa Cruz County. So far, they have:
- Obligated $19.8 million
- Spent $11.3 million
From January 2023 to June 2025, HHAP funding in the area:
2,691 PEOPLE
TO SERVICES
940 PEOPLE
Caltrans Encampment Removals:
IN Santa Cruz COUNTY from July 1, 2021
to February 13, 2026
Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) - rounds 1-3, January 2022 to June 2025
$6.4 million
ERF FUNDING AWARDED IN THE Santa Cruz AREA
Of this, $2.4 million went directly to Santa Cruz county. So far, they have:
- Obligated $2.4 million
- Spent $2.4 million
ERF projects in the area have:
107 PEOPLE
AS OF June 2025
Data last updated 2026-02-26
Note: Some data may only update yearly. See Data sources for more details.