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Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)

Florida Department of Health in Volusia County Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS

HIV Positive? We can help with housing expenses

The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program was established by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act of 1990 and revised under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. The Federal HOPWA program provides states and localities with resources and incentives to devise long-term comprehensive strategies for meeting the housing needs of low-income persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or related diseases and their families. This program authorizes entitlement grants and competitively awarded grants for housing assistance and services. 

The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) Program in Volusia County is administered by the Florida Department of Health.

The HOPWA Program provides rental housing assistance to qualifying low-income persons/families who:

  • have a member with a medical AIDS diagnosis, as defined by the CDC;
  • are 80% of the area median income or below, as defined by the income limits issued annually by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD);
  • and, meet the documentation requirements of citizenship or immigration status.

Please call us for more information at (386) 274-0554.