Cupertino saw the highest jump in its homelessness count in Santa Clara County, more than doubling since 2023, according to the latest homelessness count by Santa Clara County.

Even so, city, county and community leaders are split on whether the jump represents a genuine trend of increasing homelessness, or merely the mark of in an imperfect count.

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“We see people being squeezed by the cost of living and the lack of affordable housing supply, and the wage gap, and we see that across the county,” said Hilary Armstrong, deputy director of the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing. “We’re not surprised, because of all of these systemic factors.”

Every two years, scores of volunteers go out for a “point-in-time” homeless count in cities across the county. The numb

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