HUD Awards $26M to Address HIV Epidemic Through Housing

Last month, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $26 million through the Housing Interventions (HINT) to End the HIV Epidemic Program. 

This funding will go to 11 communities to fund housing assistance and supportive services, coordination and planning activities, grants management and administration. HINT is part of the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program. Each grantee will create a HOPWA Special Projects of National Significance Grant Model to showcase effective practices and lessons learned that will be shared publicly.

Each awarded project will:

• Use Housing First principles to provide housing and services to low-income people with HIV and their families
• Align with new or existing local initiatives to end the HIV epidemic by promoting housing as a key strategy
• Improve use of available community resources and coordination among local housing and service providers
• Increase the amount of quality data collected and used for decision making with an emphasis on stable housing, positive health outcomes, and equity
• Assess and document replicable practices that ensure equitable access and cultural humility in providing housing and services for populations of people with HIV experiencing service gaps
• Prioritize sustainable, effective, and equitable approaches to providing housing and services to people with HIV and their families that can be continued past the funded project’s period of performance

Read the full announcement.

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