(UPDATED) SHACK, CAVE, and TREE HOUSE DWELLERS IN SILICON VALLEY NEXT TO TECHIE MILLIONAIRES UPDATE!

DAILY MAIL UK : THEY THINK WE'RE SCUM OF THE EARTH - SILICON VALLEY MILLIONAIRES  

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Several hundred homeless people live in shacks, caves and tree houses

San Jose has a seven-year, 20,000-person waiting list for housing support

Jennifer Loving, executive director of the nonprofit housing agency Destination: Home, is spearheading a new, concerted effort in San Jose to house people and keep them housed, not just out of compassion, but to save money.

A homeless person can cost an estimated £35,000 a year, including trips to the emergency room and jail. The cost of housing someone can be just £9,300 annually.

In a 24-month pilot, they've housed 630 people, 76 per cent of whom were still in their home a year after moving in. 

 

New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta have seen similar success with Housing First initiatives.

UPDATE DEC 2014  as we hear it this encampment is being forcibly removed.  Some of those who have been working while living Homeless have gotten housing.  We wish everyone luck with this!

NEW YORK TIMES - SAN JOSE CLEARING OUT HOMELESS ENCLAVES