Housing & Neighborhood Development
451 South State Street

PO Box 145488
Salt Lake City UT 84114-5488
801.535.7122
FAX 801.535.6078
Office hours: M-F 8 am to 5 pm

Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)

The Housing Opportunities for Persons With Aids (HOPWA) program provides housing assistance and related supportive services for low-income persons with HIV/AIDS and their families. Funding is provided to the State of Utah and starting in 2001-02, also provided to Salt Lake City Corporation for services within the eligible metropolitan statistical area (EMSA) which now includes all of Salt Lake, Tooele and Summit Counties. Any requests for funding within Salt Lake, Tooele and Summit Counties should be filed with Salt Lake City.

Grants are provided by formula locations to states and metropolitan areas with the largest number of cases and incidence of AIDS and also by competitive selection of projects proposed by state and local governments and nonprofit organizations. 

Since the beginning of the program in 1992, the Federal government has made available more than $1.27 billion in HOPWA funds to support community efforts to create and operate HIV/AIDS housing initiatives. HOPWA has helped thousands of people who face severe challenges in meeting personal, medical and housing costs during their illness with assistance that helps them avoid homelessness by addressing housing needs with access to medical and other care.

For more information on the HOPWA program, contact Bob Gore at 801-535-7122.

The deadline for 2009-10 year funding was August 25, 2008. The next cycle will begin in summer 2009 for 2010-11 funds.