When it comes to popular support for housing the homeless, there are two types of people: those who want it, and those who want it somewhere else.

San Jose made a bold move to help the homeless by implementing California's “shelter crisis” code. By most accounts, it appears to be working.

Local nonprofit Dignity on Wheels will launch Santa Clara County's first mobile shower and laundry service for the homeless next week.

San Jose may open up community centers, libraries and other public buildings as cold weather shelters for thousands of homeless residents.

Things could not only be better in Silicon Valley; we have the power to set a path for other regions to follow.

A regional minimum wage plan has generated broad support, but also anxiety that a segment of low-income workers will be left behind.

Kartma will employ formerly homeless people and equip them with not only the skills to brew gourmet coffee but to staff, stock, market and otherwise run a small business.

Bay Area-based startup HandUp connects homeless people in need with donors who want to help.

The third U.S. Social Forum will be held today through Sunday in the Washington United Youth Center in San Jose.

Santa Clara County's homeless population fell by 14 percent since the last count two years ago, according to figures released Monday.

A new study that bills itself as the most comprehensive of its kind has put a price tag on homelessness in Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara County employed a performance-based funding model to provide shelter to chronically homeless residents.

The city of San Jose plans to use its approach to dismantling "The Jungle" as a model for dealing with other homeless encampments.

Fearing the proliferation of "bikini bars" in the South Bay, Supervisor Cindy Chavez asked if the county could broaden its definition of "adult entertainment" to include even fully clothed dancing if it's in a cage, with a pole or on a lap.

San Jose will embark on an ambitious campaign to house 6,000 homeless people in the coming five years.

Contrary to prevailing notions about poverty, technology is vital to the unsheltered, says Allan Baez, a project manager for pilot phone service Mobile4All.