AID Atlanta will be receiving $2.5 million dollars through the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant program. The grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be used to fund housing assistance and supportive services.
“HUD is addressing homelessness and housing instability for the populations most impacted by the HIV epidemic,” said HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman. “This funding will provide grantees and their stakeholders the opportunity to complement local efforts to end the HIV epidemic.”
AID Atlanta is one of 11 organizations across the nation that are receiving this funding. The one-time award will be used to fund housing assistance as stable housing is a major issue facing many people with HIV. Achieving and maintaining stable housing is a powerful structural intervention in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
“This is a transformative grant that will help us to provide stable housing to more of our members living with HIV/AIDS,” said Nicole Roebuck, executive director of AID Atlanta. “The housing crisis in Greater Atlanta forces low income people living with HIV/AIDS to make choices that often contribute to them falling out of care. This grant will help provide stable housing to people living with HIV/AIDS, so that they can focus on managing and improving their health outcomes as they live and thrive with this disease.”