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HOPWA Program
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 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.
Programs offered
by the City of Miami:
Long Term Rental Assistance (LTRA) Program
Project-Based Program
Overview of HOPWA Program
The City of Miami is Local Administrator of
HOPWA Funds. Pursuant to federal regulations
implementing the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act of
1990, the City of Miami, as the municipality
with the largest population, serves as the
grantee for HOPWA funds, on behalf of the
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan
Division covering Miami-Dade County (Miami-Dade
EMD) of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach,
FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (EMSA). The
HOPWA Program administered by the City of Miami
serves all residents of Miami-Dade County. The
City works with all levels of government,
service providers, consumers and the private
sector in developing resources and services,
particularly housing and social services for
persons living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs).
Local Planning:
The Miami-Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership, through its
Housing Committee, serves in an advisory
capacity to the City Commission with regard to
HOPWA formula grant funds awarded to the City on
behalf of the Miami-Dade EMD. Specifically, the
City of Miami looks to the Partnership’s Housing
Committee for community input and advice
concerning resource allocation, HOPWA program
policies, and coordination of efforts to address
housing needs with care and treatment services
and activities directed at persons living with
HIV/AIDS. The City of Miami is formally
represented on the Partnership and its Housing
Committee.
Use of HOPWA Funds in Miami-Dade County:
Local HOPWA funds are directed towards assisting
eligible clients with housing designed to
prevent homelessness, including emergency
short-term rental, mortgage and utility
assistance, long-term rental assistance,
project-based rental assistance, operating
assistance for project-based housing and
community residences; and, when funds allow,
capital funding for rehabilitation or new
construction (new construction limited to
singe-room occupancy units and community
residences). HOPWA funds also are directed
towards housing information, referral and
advocacy services.
Consistent with shifts in U.S. HUD policy and
local policy recommended by the Housing
Committee of the Miami-Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership
and adopted by the City of Miami, HOPWA funds
are directed at housing and housing-related
services only due to the limited resources
available to meet the housing needs of persons
living with HIV/AIDS in the Miami-Dade EMD. To
ensure that recipients receive necessary
supportive services to maintain housing
stability, all recipients of HOPWA assistance
must receive case management services through
coordination with Ryan White-funded programs or
other community-based programs.
Eligibility for HOPWA Assistance
Persons who are low-income (80% of median income
as established by U.S. HUD) and have received an
AIDS diagnosis are eligible for assistance under
HOPWA.
Annual Entitlement Funding
Recent annual HOPWA entitlement funding awards
for the Miami-Dade County EMD are set forth
below:
|
Fiscal Year |
Amount of Award |
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2000 |
$10,139,000 |
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2001 |
$10,269,000 |
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2002 |
$12,482,000 |
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2003 |
$10,617,000 |
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2004 |
$10,715,000 |
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2005 |
$10,351,000 |
|
2006 |
$11,189,000 |
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2007 |
$11,689,000 |
|
2008 |
$12,370,000 |
Limitations on
Administrative Costs
Under federal regulations governing HOPWA, administrative costs for the grantee
and project sponsors, are not to exceed three percent (3%) of the annual HOPWA
allocation to administer the program locally, including the cost of general
management, oversight, coordination, program evaluation, and reporting on all
HOPWA funded services; and seven percent (7%) for administrative costs incurred
as part of the delivery of HOPWA Services. |
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