San Jose Councilman Tam Nguyen documents his overnight stay at Right 2 Dream Too, a city-sanctioned homeless camp in Portland.

To test the feasibility of a legal homeless camp in San Jose, Councilman Tam Nguyen will head to Portland to spend the night in a sanctioned settlement.

City officials have asked local churches and other religious congregations to each commit to housing at least one homeless veteran.

The word of the day this past Saturday Overfelt High, where Mayor Sam Liccardo delivered his second State of The City speech, was “opportunity.”

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.