Townspeople Executive Director Melissa Peterman sits with anchor Logan Byrnes to discuss the stress faced by people experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Watch the interview here: Melissa Peterman discusses Stress Awareness with KUSI.
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In this appearance on KPBS Midday Edition, Executive Director Melissa Peterman speaks with Jade Hindmon about the ways Townspeople is helping people at risk of homelessness find successful shared housing arrangements. Listen to the interview here: Exploring rental subsidies and shared housing in San Diego.
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In this report by Blake Nelson for SDUT, Executive Director Melissa Peterman discusses Townspeople’s efforts to help people experiencing homelessness find roommates through the San Diego Shared Housing Collaborative. Read to the article here: With federal aid for homelessness in question, can philanthropy fill the gap?
In this appearance on KUSI News ahead of the #WeAllCount Point-In-Time Count in 2025, Townspeople Executive Director Melissa Peterman explains why this annual effort coordinated by the Regional Task Force to End Homelessness in San Diego is essential to informing region-wide efforts to reconnect unhoused San Diegans with housing and supportive services. Watch the interview
In this appearance on Fox 5 ahead of the #WeAllCount Point-In-Time Count in 2025, Townspeople Executive Director Melissa Peterman explains why this annual effort coordinated by the Regional Task Force to End Homelessness in San Diego is essential for the city and county. Also discussed is Townspeople’s participation as a deployment site, to count people
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In this appearance on Positively San Diego for ABC 10, Executive Director Melissa Peterman explains the Shared Housing goals for Townspeople’s newest property on Meade Avenue. Watch the segment here: ABC 10 features Townspeople’s New Shared Housing Property
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In this appearance on Fox 5 ahead of Giving Tuesday 2024, Townspeople Executive Director Melissa Peterman shares how donations help the organization provide permanent housing, non-congregate emergency housing, and supportive services to people in San Diego experiencing homelesness or are at-risk of homelessness. Watch the interview here: Giving Tuesday on FOX 5 with Townspeople
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The Zevely Zone on CBS 8 profiles Townspeople and its work to end homelessness in San Diego. The profile features Townspeople Board Secretary Myiesha Phelps, Executive Director Melissa Peterman, and Townspeople’s new property for Shared Housing at Meade Avenue. Watch the profile here: From homelessness to hope: How Townspeople transforms lives in San Diego –
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NBC 7 reports on the Shared Housing 2024 Conference that was co-coordinated by Townspeople. Featured in the video is Executive Director Melissa Peterman. Watch the full report here: NBC 7 highlights the Shared Housing 2024 Conference
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Listen to the podcast interview here: Organization Celebrates 40 Years of Servicing the Medically Fragile Facing Homelessness.
