https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/02/17/its-getting-better-new-santa-clara-county-homelessness-numbers-show-improvement/ > Homelessness is continuing to improve in Santa Clara County, according to data released Thursday, with 6,000 people housed since January 2020, and the rate of new homelessness down by a third. > The new numbers suggest the county’s beefed-up efforts to get people off the streets, as well as to prevent them from ending up there in the first place, are working, according to county officials. But the region has a long way to go to meet its goal of housing 20,000 people by 2025. And large homeless encampments, including along the Guadalupe River Trail in San Jose, continue to shine a spotlight on the crushing magnitude of the crisis.