Everyone Needs A Place to Call Home
Townspeople serves very low and low income people living with HIV/AIDS. The majority of our residents have histories of chronic homeless and a lack of medical care and social support.
San Diego County is our geographic service area. At any given time in San Diego there are 500 people living with HIV/AIDS who are homeless and not able to access primary medical care.
Townspeople acquires, rehabs and operates affordable housing apartment complexes for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS and co-occurring special needs.
In 2010 we will operate 66 apartments with supportive services. Our ten year goal is to acquire, rehab and operate 500 apartment units in San Diego.
We are supportive service specialists providing case management and service referrals and follow-up to our residents
Supportive housing is proven to help people who face the most complex challenges--individuals and families who are not only homeless, but who also have very low incomes and serious, persistent issues that may include substance use, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS--to live more stable, productive lives.
Most of our residents require on-going intensive case management to ensure that they are taking the proper steps to maintain their health and housing as well as to improve their basic life skills.
Through each resident's tenancy, they are regularly engaged by staff through monthly meetings, weekly contact, on-site supervision, surveys and other techniques.
Self-sustainability is our goal and we translate that into providing housing that people can afford and give them encouragement, supportive services and the resources to be independent and resourceful to the best of their ability.
Our housing information and referral services is both comprehensive and integrated, working with hundreds of agencies, organizations and case management services to provide a one-stop clearinghouse of relevant housing information and referrals, including current vacancies, and other support services throughout San Diego County.
Individuals assessed to be in the greatest need receive additional case management services through this program which results in an individual housing plan, placement on Townspeople’s waiting list for housing in our properties and placement on other appropriate waiting lists.
The case manager will also assist clients to access other services in order to address the needs of the “whole person” which is necessary to optimize their success in maintaining housing.
If your housing is at risk because of the economic recession, we may be able to help.
Townspeople, along with the San Diego Housing Commission, has developed the HPRP program that helps renters who are at risk of homelessness or have been evicted as a result of job or income loss.
Our goal is to help stabilize your current housing or help you move into your next apartment or home.
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4080 Centre Street
Suite 201
San Diego, CA 92103
Townspeople - A Community Development Housing Organization
4080 Centre Street, San Diego, CA 92103 - 619-295-8802
Copyright 2010 Townspeople
All of our programs are focused on providing housing and housing services for low to moderate income people who need stable, affordable and at times, supportive housing.
- We develop real estate and properties to increase affordable housing options in San Diego
- We provide rental property and apartment vacancy lists.
- We operate 66 affordable apartments in San Diego.
- We provide housing case management
- We manage our own properties
- We provide referral services for housing and government programs.
- We help people avoid eviction
- We help people get re-housed
The HIV/AIDS community in the US has long promoted the notion of housing as health care, and research from that constituency is beginning to validate this common-sense idea. The 2005 National Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit concluded that “recent studies show strong correlations between improved housing status and reduced HIV risk, improved access to medical care and better health outcomes. Preliminary findings of a major study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006, suggest that, controlling for all other variables, housing itself may improve the health of persons living with HIV or AIDS.
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
