HUD Awards More Than $900,000 to Provide Housing for People with AIDS/HIV in Alaska

Anchorage, AK – April 27, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $915,440 to renew support for a statewide HIV-AIDS housing program administered by the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
The three-year renewal funding is provided under HUD’s Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA) program. These supportive housing grants continue critically needed housing and support services to extremely low-income persons living with HIV/AIDs. During each of the next three years, this HUD funding will help provide permanent supportive housing so they can manage their illnesses while receiving critically needed support services.