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Flickr Homeless camps along the Guadalupe River and underneath Highway 87 immediately adjacent to San Jose International Airport in San Jose, California.
Getting housing from Santa Clara County may be more complicated than it appears. According to a report from San Jose Spotlight, you pretty much need to have your house condemned to get swift help.
Consuelo Hernandez, director of the Office of Supportive Housing for Santa Clara County, told San José Spotlight that her office is required to provide relocation assistance to tenants evicted by code enforcement officials due to unsafe or hazardous conditions.
“We work with them to figure out a relocation plan, and if in the event they have to red-tag and people have to move out immediately, we work with them to provide housing,” Hernandez said. In this case, San Jose agreed to reimburse the county for the cost of putting the tenants in a hotel, she said. Property owners are responsible for providing relocation payments.