Volunteers on Thursday came out for a second and final time in Santa Clara County to document how many people are experiencing homelessness.
Hundreds of volunteers check every single street, park and shelter to try to get an accurate count of the amount of people who are unhoused in the county.
Both Qureishi and Wong work for the county's office of supportive housing, but they were volunteering Thursday morning. This will be the first count in three years, since last year's count was skipped because of the pandemic. In 2019, Qureishi said the count was at about 9,700 people experiencing homelessness.
"We need options for people who are on the brink and at-risk of homelessness to be able to stabilize in their homes so that they never have to experience the trauma of homelessness, we need safe places for people to stay. And then we need affordable housing solutions as well," said Laura Sandoval, regional director of People Assisting the Homeless .
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