Affording America is not at all easy, new survey shows

Many veterans in the Bay Area end up on the streets after their tours of duty. On Wednesday, a veteran in San Jose talked about his challenging return to civilian life. William, 29, has served the nation for more than three years. “I served in the Army and I was military police corrections specialist,” he said. But when he returned to civilian life, he said he faced family issues, PTSD and other challenges that ultimately left him unhoused. “Through that process and trying to help them out, there was some personal events that took place. I was displaced with nowhere to go,” William said. He says he also felt like the bottom dropped out of his support network. “The sense of community and brotherhood I used to have I no longer had. I felt isolated,” he said. He’s not alone. The last point in time count of homeless people in Santa Clara County found 378 veterans were unhoused. The survey found most of those vets were living on the streets. Austin Reagan with City T