Housing for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

Since the beginning of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in the early 1980s, many individuals living with the disease have had difficulty finding affordable, stable housing. In the earlier years of the epidemic, as individuals became ill, they found themselves unable to work, while at the same time facing health care expenses that left few resources to pay for housing. In more recent years, HIV and AIDS have become more prevalent among low income populations who struggled to afford housing even before being diagnosed with the disease. The financial vulnerability associated with AIDS, as well as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, results in a greater likelihood of homelessness among persons living with the disease. At the same time, those who are homeless may be more likely to engage in activities through which they could acquire or transmit HIV. Further, recent research has indicated that individuals living with HIV who live in stable housing have better health outcomes than those who are homeless or unstably housed, and that they spend fewer days in hospitals and emergency rooms.

Congress recognized the housing needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS when it approved the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program in 1990 as part of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (P.L. 101-625). The HOPWA program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), funds short-term and permanent housing, together with supportive services, for individuals living with HIV/AIDS and their families. In addition, a small portion of funds appropriated through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), may be used to fund short-term housing for those living with HIV/AIDS.

In FY2016, Congress appropriated $335 million for HOPWA as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 114-113). This was $5 million more than was appropriated in FY2015, and equaled the peak HOPWA funding level of $335 million in FY2010. Prior to FY2010, the most that had been appropriated for HOPWA was $310 million in FY2009. HUD awards 90% of appropriated funds based on a formula and the remaining 10% is distributed through a grant competition. Funds are used primarily for housing activities, although grant recipients must provide supportive services to those persons residing in HOPWA-funded housing. In FY2015, almost 55,000 households received housing assistance through HOPWA, a decrease compared to the previous years. See Table 1 for funding levels and households served since FY2001. The Appendix provides the formula grants distributed to eligible states and metropolitan statistical areas from FY2007 to FY2016.

For years the formula used to distribute the bulk of HOPWA funds was an issue considered by both the Administration and Congress. Since the inception of HOPWA, the formula relied on cumulative cases of AIDS to distribute formula funds, a number that included those who had died but did not include living cases of HIV. Legislation to change the formula to include people living with both HIV and AIDS, but exclude those who have died, was introduced in the 114th Congress, including in FY2017 appropriations language. On July 29, 2016, Congress changed the HOPWA formula as part of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-201). Going forward, the distribution of HOPWA formula funds will be based on people living with HIV or AIDS. In addition, HUD is to account for fair market rents and poverty in delivering a portion of funding, and a hold harmless provision ensures that, through FY2021, grantees will not see their allocations decrease by 5% or more nor increase by 10% or more from the previous year.

Housing for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

Updated September 27, 2016 (RL34318)
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Summary

Since the beginning of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic in the early 1980s, many individuals living with the disease have had difficulty finding affordable, stable housing. In the earlier years of the epidemic, as individuals became ill, they found themselves unable to work, while at the same time facing health care expenses that left few resources to pay for housing. In more recent years, HIV and AIDS have become more prevalent among low income populations who struggled to afford housing even before being diagnosed with the disease. The financial vulnerability associated with AIDS, as well as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, results in a greater likelihood of homelessness among persons living with the disease. At the same time, those who are homeless may be more likely to engage in activities through which they could acquire or transmit HIV. Further, recent research has indicated that individuals living with HIV who live in stable housing have better health outcomes than those who are homeless or unstably housed, and that they spend fewer days in hospitals and emergency rooms.

Congress recognized the housing needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS when it approved the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program in 1990 as part of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (P.L. 101-625). The HOPWA program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), funds short-term and permanent housing, together with supportive services, for individuals living with HIV/AIDS and their families. In addition, a small portion of funds appropriated through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), may be used to fund short-term housing for those living with HIV/AIDS.

In FY2016, Congress appropriated $335 million for HOPWA as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 114-113). This was $5 million more than was appropriated in FY2015, and equaled the peak HOPWA funding level of $335 million in FY2010. Prior to FY2010, the most that had been appropriated for HOPWA was $310 million in FY2009. HUD awards 90% of appropriated funds based on a formula and the remaining 10% is distributed through a grant competition. Funds are used primarily for housing activities, although grant recipients must provide supportive services to those persons residing in HOPWA-funded housing. In FY2015, almost 55,000 households received housing assistance through HOPWA, a decrease compared to the previous years. See Table 1 for funding levels and households served since FY2001. The Appendix provides the formula grants distributed to eligible states and metropolitan statistical areas from FY2007 to FY2016.

For years the formula used to distribute the bulk of HOPWA funds was an issue considered by both the Administration and Congress. Since the inception of HOPWA, the formula relied on cumulative cases of AIDS to distribute formula funds, a number that included those who had died but did not include living cases of HIV. Legislation to change the formula to include people living with both HIV and AIDS, but exclude those who have died, was introduced in the 114th Congress, including in FY2017 appropriations language. On July 29, 2016, Congress changed the HOPWA formula as part of the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-201). Going forward, the distribution of HOPWA formula funds will be based on people living with HIV or AIDS. In addition, HUD is to account for fair market rents and poverty in delivering a portion of funding, and a hold harmless provision ensures that, through FY2021, grantees will not see their allocations decrease by 5% or more nor increase by 10% or more from the previous year.


Introduction

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), weakens the immune system, leaving individuals with the disease susceptible to infections. As of 2013, HIV, including AIDS, had been diagnosed and reported in an estimated 953,245 individuals living in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories.1 These estimates do not include those who have not yet been diagnosed as HIV positive but are currently living with the disease. Currently there is no cure for HIV/AIDS, and in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, individuals infected with AIDS often died quickly. In recent years, however, medications have allowed persons living with HIV and AIDS to live longer and to remain in better health.

Despite improvements in health outcomes, affordable housing remains important to many who live with HIV/AIDS. This report describes research that shows how housing and health status are related and the effects of stable housing on patient health. It also describes the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program, the only federal program that provides housing and services specifically for persons who are HIV positive or who have AIDS, together with their families. In addition, the report describes how a small portion of funds appropriated through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program may be used by states and local jurisdictions to provide short-term housing assistance for persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Housing Status of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

The availability of adequate, affordable housing for persons living with HIV and AIDS has been an issue since AIDS was first identified in U.S. patients in the early 1980s. The inability to afford housing and the threat of homelessness confront many individuals living with HIV/AIDS. From the early years of the epidemic, individuals who are infected with HIV/AIDS have faced impoverishment as they become unable to work, experience high medical costs, or lose private health insurance coverage. The incidence of HIV/AIDS has also grown among low-income individuals who were economically vulnerable even before onset of the disease.2

Not surprisingly, researchers have found a co-occurrence between HIV/AIDS and homelessness. Homeless persons have a higher incidence of HIV/AIDS infection than the general population, while many individuals with HIV/AIDS are at risk of becoming homeless.3 Studies of the relationship between HIV and homelessness have found prevalence among homeless populations that range from 2% to 22%.4 Further, homelessness has been found to be associated with greater likelihood of participation in the risk factors that might lead to HIV/AIDS (multiple sexual partners, sex exchange, drug use, and diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection),5 as well as lowered adherence to anti-retroviral therapy.6

Creation of the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program

In 1988, Congress established the National Commission on AIDS as part of the Health Omnibus Extension Act (P.L. 100-607) to "promote the development of a national consensus on policy concerning acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); and to study and make recommendations for a consistent national policy concerning AIDS." In April 1990, in its second interim report to the President, the commission recommended that Congress and the President provide "[f]ederal housing aid to address the multiple problems posed by HIV infection and AIDS."7 About the same time that the commission released its report, in March of 1990, the House Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs held a hearing about the need for housing among persons living with HIV/AIDS. Witnesses as well as committee members discussed various barriers to housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Among the issues confronting persons living with HIV/AIDS discussed at the hearing were poverty, homelessness, and discrimination in attempting to secure housing.8 Another issue discussed was the eligibility for subsidized housing for persons living with the disease. A question raised during the hearing, but left unresolved, was whether persons living with HIV or AIDS met the definition of "handicap" in order to be eligible for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program (which also provided housing for persons with disabilities).9 Another concern was that persons living with HIV/AIDS often had difficulty obtaining subsidized housing through mainstream HUD programs such as Public Housing and Section 8 due to the length of waiting lists; individuals often died while waiting for available units.10

In the 101st Congress, at least two bills were introduced that contained provisions to create a housing program specifically for persons living with AIDS. These proposed programs were called the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (which was part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1990, H.R. 1180) and the AIDS Opportunity Housing Act (H.R. 3423). The bills were similar, and both proposed to fund short-term and permanent housing, together with supportive services, for individuals living with AIDS and related diseases. The text from one of the bills, H.R. 1180, which included the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act, was incorporated into the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (S. 566) when it was debated and passed by the House on August 1, 1990. In conference with the Senate, the name of the housing program was changed to Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). In addition, the several separate housing assistance programs that had been proposed in H.R. 1180—one for short-term housing, one for permanent housing supported through Section 8, and one for community residences—were consolidated into one formula grant program in which recipient communities could choose which activities to fund. The amended version of S. 566 was signed into law on November 28, 1990, and became P.L. 101-625, the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.

The HOPWA program is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and remains the only federal program solely dedicated to providing housing assistance to persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.11 The program addresses the need for reasonably priced housing for thousands of low-income individuals (those with incomes at or below 80% of the area median income). HOPWA was last reauthorized by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550). Although authorization of appropriations for HOPWA expired after FY1994, Congress continues to fund the program through annual appropriations.

Distribution and Use of HOPWA Funds

Formula Grants

HOPWA program funding is distributed both by formula allocations and competitive grants. HUD awards 90% of appropriated funds by formula to states and eligible metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that meet the minimum HIV and AIDS case requirements according to data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the previous year. (For the amounts distributed to eligible states and MSAs in recent years, see Appendix.) HOPWA formula funds are available through HUD's Consolidated Plan process. Jurisdictions applying for funds from four HUD formula grant programs, including HOPWA,12 submit a single consolidated plan to HUD. The plan includes an assessment of community housing and development needs and a proposal that addresses those needs, using both federal funds and community resources.

Communities that participate in the Consolidated Plan may receive HOPWA funds if they meet formula requirements. Some of the formula requirements were recently changed as part of the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act (HOTMA, P.L. 114-201) and are to take effect when FY2017 funding is awarded. For more information, see "The New HOPWA Formula Enacted in P.L. 114-201." Formula funds are allocated in two ways:

  • First, 75% of the total available formula funds, sometimes referred to by HUD as "base funding," is distributed

    —starting in FY2017, to the largest cities within metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with populations exceeding 500,000 and with more than 2,000 individuals living with HIV or AIDS (through FY2016, funds were distributed to MSAs with more than 1,500 cumulative AIDS cases),13 and

    —starting in FY2017, to states with more than 2,000 individuals living with HIV or AIDS in the areas outside of that state's eligible MSAs14 (through FY2016, funds were distributed to states with more than 1,500 cumulative AIDS cases).
  • Second, 25% of total available formula funds—sometimes referred to by HUD as "bonus funding"—is to be distributed to states and MSAs, starting in FY2017, using a method developed by the HUD Secretary that takes account of housing costs as represented by fair market rents, as well as poverty. Prior to enactment of P.L. 114-201, bonus funding was distributed based on AIDS incidence (newly diagnosed AIDS cases). In addition, states had not previously been eligible for bonus funding.

Although HOPWA funds are allocated to the largest city within an MSA, the recipient cities are required to allocate funds "in a manner that addresses the needs within the metropolitan statistical area in which the city is located."15 While the distribution of the balance of state funds is based on HIV and AIDS cases outside of eligible, states may use funds for projects in any area of the state, including those that receive their own funds.16 According to HUD guidance, states should serve clients in areas outside of eligible MSAs, but the state may operate anywhere in the state because it "may be coordinating the use of all resources in a way that addresses needs more appropriately throughout the state."17 In FY2016, 98 MSAs (including the District of Columbia) received funds, while 40 states and Puerto Rico received funds based on the number of AIDS cases outside of recipient MSAs.18 HUD jurisdictions that receive HOPWA funds may administer housing and services programs themselves or may allocate all or a portion of the funds to subgrantee private nonprofit organizations. HOPWA formula funds remain available for obligation for two years.

As a result of language included in every HUD appropriations law between FY1999 (P.L. 105-276) and FY2016, states did not lose formula funds if their reported AIDS cases dropped below 1,500, as long as they received funding in the previous fiscal year.19 States generally dropped below 1,500 AIDS cases when a large metropolitan area became separately eligible for formula funds. These states have been allocated grants on the basis of the cumulative number of AIDS cases outside of their MSAs.20

Competitive Grants

The remaining 10% of HOPWA funding is available through competitive grants. Funds are distributed through a national competition to two groups of grantees: (1) states and local governments that propose to provide short-term, transitional, or permanent supportive housing in areas that are not eligible for formula allocations, and (2) states and units of general local government or nonprofit entities that propose "special projects of national significance."21 A project of national significance is one that uses an innovative service delivery model. In determining proposals that qualify, HUD must consider the innovativeness of the proposal and its potential replicability in other communities.22

The competitive grants are awarded through HUD's annual SuperNOFA (Notice of Funding Availability), which is generally published in the Federal Register in the early spring. Beginning in FY2006, competitive funds have remained available for obligation for three years (from FY2002 through FY2005, competitive funds had been available only for two years). The extension made the rules for HOPWA's competitive program consistent with those of other competitive programs advertised in HUD's SuperNOFA.

Since FY2000 (P.L. 106-377), Congress has required HUD to renew expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing prior to awarding funds to new projects.23 As a result, HOPWA competitive grants for new projects are not awarded in every year. Most recently, in August 2015, HUD announced the availability of HOPWA competitive funds for a demonstration in conjunction with the Violence Against Women Act Transitional Housing Program.24 In June 2016, HUD announced awards to eight organizations that will provide housing and supportive services to people living with HIV/AIDS who experience sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking.25 Prior to these awards, the most recent year in which HUD had sufficient funds to award new competitive grants was FY2011, awarding approximately $9 million in new competitive grants to seven projects.26

HOPWA Funding in the Territories

Puerto Rico is the only territory that receives HOPWA formula grants. The formula grants are distributed to states and the most populous cities within metropolitan statistical areas of at least 500,000 that meet certain minimum AIDS case requirements.27 The statute defines a "state" to include Puerto Rico, but no other territories.28 Similarly, "metropolitan statistical areas" (MSAs), which are established by the Office of Management and Budget, may include areas in Puerto Rico, but do not include areas in the other territories.29

HOPWA competitive grants may be awarded to Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. As with formula grants, Puerto Rico is defined as a state. The other territories are eligible as units of general local government. While the statutory definition of "unit of general local government" only lists the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands,30 the regulations governing HOPWA have further expanded the definition of "unit of general local government" to include Guam, CNMI, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.31

Eligibility for HOPWA-Funded Housing

In the HOPWA program, individuals are eligible for housing if they are either HIV positive or if they are diagnosed with AIDS.32 In general, clients must also be low income, meaning that their income does not exceed 80% of the area median income.33 HUD reports area median incomes for metropolitan areas and non-metropolitan counties on an annual basis.34 Housing and some supportive services are available for family members of persons living with AIDS. A family member is defined broadly in regulation to include someone who lives with an eligible individual, regardless of "actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status," and who is important to the eligible individual or their care or well-being.35 When a person living in HOPWA-supported housing dies, his or her family members are given a grace period during which they may remain in the housing.36 This period may not exceed one year, however.

Individuals who are HIV positive or living with AIDS may also be eligible for other HUD-assisted housing for persons with disabilities. However, infection itself may not be sufficient to meet the definition of disability in these other programs. For example, in the case of housing developed prior to the mid-1990s under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program (which also funded units for persons with disabilities) and units developed under the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program, an individual who is HIV positive or has AIDS must also meet the statutory definition of disability (in which HIV/AIDS status alone is not sufficient) to be eligible for housing.37 The project-based Section 8 and Public Housing programs may also set aside units or entire developments for persons with disabilities. The definition of disability for these programs does "not exclude persons who have the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or any conditions arising from the etiologic agent" for AIDS.38 However, the definition does not indicate whether the status of being HIV positive or having AIDS is alone sufficient to be considered disabled.

Eligible Uses of HOPWA Funds

HOPWA grantees may use funds for a wide range of housing, social services, program planning, and development costs. Supportive services must be provided together with housing. Formula grantees may also choose to provide supportive services not in conjunction with housing, although the focus of the HOPWA program is housing activities. Allowable activities include the following:

  • The Development and Operation of Multi-Unit Community Residences, Including the Provision of Supportive Services for Persons Who Live in the Residences.39 Funds may be used for the construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of facilities, for payment of operating costs, and for technical assistance in developing the community residence.
  • Short-Term Rental, Mortgage, and Utility Assistance to Persons Living with AIDS Who Are Homeless or at Risk of Homelessness.40 Funds may be used to acquire and/or rehabilitate facilities that will be used to provide short-term housing, as well as to make payments on behalf of tenants or homeowners, and to provide supportive services. Funds may not be used to construct short-term housing facilities.41 Residents may not stay in short-term housing facilities more than 60 days in any 6-month period, and may not receive short-term rental, mortgage, and utility assistance for more than 21 weeks in any 52-week period. These limits are subject to waiver by HUD, however, if a project sponsor is making an attempt to provide permanent supportive housing for residents and has been unable to do so. Funds may also be used to pay operating and administrative expenses.
  • Project-Based or Tenant-Based Rental Assistance for Permanent Supportive Housing, Including Shared Housing Arrangements.42 In general, tenants must pay approximately 30% of their income toward rent.43 Grant recipients must ensure that residents receive supportive services, and funds may also be used for administrative costs in providing rental assistance.
  • The New Construction or Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Property for Single-Room Occupancy Dwellings.44
  • Supportive Services, Which Include Health Assessments, Counseling for Those with Addictions to Drugs and Alcohol, Nutritional Assistance, Assistance with Daily Living, Day Care, and Assistance in Applying for Other Government Benefits.45
  • Housing Information Such as Counseling and Referral Services.46 Assistance may include fair housing counseling for those experiencing discrimination.47

The majority of HOPWA funds are used to provide housing. According to HUD, for the 2014-2015 program year, nearly 69% of HOPWA funding was used for housing assistance. Housing assistance includes tenant-based rental assistance; permanent and transitional housing facilities that receive funds for operating costs; capital funds for permanent and transitional housing; short-term rent, mortgage, or utility assistance; and placement services for permanent housing.48 An additional 2% was used to provide housing information, 1% for housing development (where units were not yet occupied), and 20% was used for supportive services. Of the amounts used for housing activities, 76% was used to support tenants in permanent housing, of whom 96% remained stably housed during the year.49 Grantee performance reports indicate that clients who receive housing assistance through HOPWA are often at the lowest income levels; in its FY2017 Congressional Budget Justifications, HUD reported that 78% of households served had extremely low incomes (at or below 30% of area median income) and 17% had very low incomes (at or below 50% of area median income).50

The HOPWA Program Formula

In 2016, Congress passed legislation to change the HOPWA formula as part of the Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act (HOTMA, P.L. 114-201). The HOPWA method for allocating formula funds had been an ongoing issue since the program's inception due to the data that were used to distribute the majority of funds. Through FY2016, 75% of funds were distributed using the cumulative number of AIDS cases as reported by the CDC, including those who had died, but not including those living with HIV. An alternative way of distributing funds, which was adopted in P.L. 114-201, is to use the current number of people living with AIDS as well as HIV.

HOPWA was enacted within four months of another federal program targeted to assist those living with HIV and AIDS, the Ryan White CARE Act program (now called the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program). Both programs relied to some degree on the cumulative number of AIDS cases in distributing funding to eligible jurisdictions;51 the data reported by the CDC at the time were cumulative cases.52 Since then, however, the Ryan White program stopped using cumulative AIDS cases and now uses the number of people living with AIDS and HIV. The HOPWA formula remained the same until 2016.

The Ryan White program formula change came about shortly after the program's enactment. In 1995, at the request of two Senators from the Labor and Human Resources Committee, the General Accounting Office (GAO, now the Government Accountability Office) examined funding disparities per person living with AIDS that resulted from using cumulative AIDS cases to distribute Ryan White funds.53 It proposed several data changes that would result in more equitable per-case funding, including a way to weight CDC data to arrive at an estimate of persons living with AIDS.54 The next year, in 1996, Congress reauthorized the Ryan White program and changed the way in which grants to metropolitan areas were distributed to use CDC estimates of persons living with AIDS (P.L. 104-146). The data change included hold-harmless provisions to ensure that the shift in funding would not be too dramatic. Since then, in 2006, the Ryan White program formula was further modified to incorporate living HIV cases in addition to living AIDS cases.55

The New HOPWA Formula Enacted in P.L. 114-201

As discussed in the "Formula Grants" section of the report, 90% of HOPWA funds are distributed via formula. Of the amount distributed by formula, 75% is distributed to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with populations greater than 500,000 and to states that meet the statutory level of qualifying AIDS cases. Prior to enactment of P.L. 114-201, MSAs and states qualified for funding if cumulative AIDS cases, including those who had died, was more than 1,500. After enactment of P.L. 114-201, MSAs and states qualify if more than 2,000 people are living with HIV as well as AIDS. Funds are then distributed to qualifying jurisdictions based on the number of people living with HIV or AIDS. The law provides that any grantees receiving funding in FY2016 shall continue to receive funding after enactment of P.L. 114-201 subject to appropriations and approval of the HUD Secretary.

The remaining 25% of formula funds, sometimes called "bonus funding" is distributed to qualifying states and MSAs. Prior to enactment of P.L. 114-201, only MSAs were eligible for bonus funding, and qualification was based on AIDS incidence—newly reported AIDS cases. P.L. 114-201 made states eligible for bonus funding, and provides that the Secretary determine a method for distributing funds that takes account of housing costs as represented by fair market rents and poverty rates.

The law prevents grantees from losing or gaining certain amounts of funding. For the first five years after enactment of P.L. 114-201, from FY2017 through FY2021, grantees are not to see their allocations decrease 5% or more, nor are allocations to increase 10% or more.

Earlier Proposals to Change the HOPWA Formula

Both Congress and recent presidential administrations acknowledged over the years that the HOPWA formula could be modified. Shortly after the first change to the Ryan White program formula, in 1997, GAO released a report regarding the performance of the HOPWA program in which it recommended that HUD look at recent changes to the formula used by the Ryan White program to "determine what legislative revisions are needed to make the HOPWA formula more reflective of current AIDS cases."56 In response to the GAO report, the House Appropriations Committee included the GAO language in its report accompanying the FY1998 HUD Appropriations Act (P.L. 105-65) and directed HUD to make recommendations to Congress about its findings regarding an update to the formula.57

In response to the FY1998 Appropriations Act, HUD issued a report to Congress in 1999 that proposed changes that could be made to the HOPWA formula.58 The proposed formula in HUD's 1999 report would have used an estimate of persons living with AIDS (instead of all cumulative AIDS cases), together with housing costs, to distribute formula funds. It also would have included a protection for existing grantees. The recommendations were not adopted by Congress. A 2006 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report again looked at the way in which the HOPWA formula allocates funds.59 The report found that use of the cumulative number of AIDS cases resulted in disproportionate funding per living AIDS case depending on the jurisdiction.60 Most recently, GAO released a report in April 2015 discussing, in part, the failure of the HOPWA formula to target funds to areas of need.61

Legislative Proposals

Two bills were introduced in the 109th Congress (S. 2339 and H.R. 5009) that would have changed the way that HOPWA formula funds are allocated by counting the number of "reported living cases of HIV disease" instead of cumulative AIDS cases. Neither bill was enacted. Legislation was not introduced again until the 113th Congress, the Housing for Persons With AIDS Modernization Act (H.R. 5640). It was not enacted either.

Budget and Appropriations Proposals

Nearly every Administration budget since FY2007 discussed the need to change the formula. In each of President Bush's budgets from FY2007 through FY2009, the Administration proposed to change the way in which HOPWA funds are distributed. The FY2009 budget stated that "[w]hereas the current formula distributes formula grant resources by the cumulative number of AIDS cases, the revised formula will account for the present number of people living with AIDS, as well as differences in housing costs in the qualifying areas." The President's FY2007 and FY2008 budgets contained nearly identical language. HUD's budget justifications for FY2009 elaborated somewhat on the Administration's proposal to change the HOPWA distribution formula. HUD's explanation indicated that a new formula would use the number of persons living with AIDS, and that eventually, when consistent data on the number of persons living with HIV become available, that measure might also be used in determining the distribution of HOPWA funding.62

As part of President Obama's FY2010 budget, the HUD budget justifications stated that HUD would review the formula and "make related recommendations at a future time."63 The Administration's National HIV/AIDS Strategy, released in July 2010, stated that HUD would work with Congress to "develop a plan (including seeking statutory changes if necessary) to shift to HIV/AIDS case reporting as a basis for formula grants for HOPWA funding."64 The FY2012 through FY2014 HUD budget justifications for HOPWA echoed this goal.

In its FY2015 through FY2017 budget justifications, HUD provided a bit more detail about its proposal to change the formula. Its proposal includes the following:

  • using the number of persons living with HIV and AIDS to determine formula shares, and maintaining eligibility for all current grantees;
  • ensuring that allocations not drop more than 10% per year nor increase more than 20% per year, with this phase-in to take place over three years; and
  • replacing the incidence or "bonus" funding with a factor based on fair market rent and poverty.

During the FY2016 and FY2017 appropriations processes, both the House and Senate addressed formula modernization. In FY2016, the Senate Appropriations Committee-passed bill (H.R. 2577) would have followed the recommendations in the President's budget to change the formula. The House Appropriations Committee report accompanying H.R. 2577 encouraged the Administration to work with the authorizing committees to modernize the HOPWA formula (H.Rept. 114-129).

In F2017, the Senate, using the same vehicle for HUD appropriations (H.R. 2577), again proposed to modernize the formula in the same way as recommended in the President's budget, while the House Appropriations Committee report, as in FY2016, encouraged the Administration to work with the authorizing committees (see H.Rept. 114-606 accompanying H.R. 5394).

HOPWA Funding

As a result of advances in medical science and in the care and treatment of persons living with HIV and AIDS, individuals are living longer with the disease.65 As the number of those with HIV and AIDS grows, so do the jurisdictions that qualify for formula-based HOPWA funds. Since 1999, there has been a steady increase in the number of jurisdictions that meet the eligibility test to receive formula-based HOPWA funds. Funding for the HOPWA program steadily increased from the time the program was created, and, since FY2010, funding has ranged between $330 million and $335 million. (See Table 1.)

The number of households receiving HOPWA housing assistance (including short-term housing assistance, housing provided through community residences, or rental assistance in permanent housing) has generally declined from FY2003 through FY2015. (See Table 1.) Between FY2003 and FY2009, the number of households served dropped from 78,467 to 58,367.66 With increased funding, however, the total households served went up in FY2010 to 60,669 and by FY2012 was 61,614.67 However, households assisted have declined since FY2012, reaching 54,647 in FY2015. These general reductions in households served could be due to such factors as increased housing costs and households remaining longer in housing units.

Table 1. HOPWA Funding and Eligible Jurisdictions,
FY2001-FY2016 and FY2017 Proposal

Fiscal
Year

Number of
Qualifying
Jurisdictions

Households
Receiving Housing
Assistancea

President's Request
(dollars in thousands)

Appropriations
(dollars in thousands)b

2001

105

72,117

260,000

257,432

2002

108

74,964

277,432

277,432

2003

111

78,467

292,000

290,102

2004

117

70,779

297,000

294,751

2005

121

67,012

294,800

281,728

2006

122

67,000

268,000

286,110

2007

123

67,850

300,100

286,110

2008

127

62,210

300,100

300,100

2009

131

58,367

300,100

310,000

2010

133

60,669

310,000

335,000

2011

134

60,234

340,000

334,330

2012

135

61,614

335,000

332,000

2013

138

56,440

330,000

314,634c

2014

137

55,244

332,000

330,000

2015

138

54,647

332,000

330,000

2016

139

332,000

335,000

2017

335,000

Sources: Table prepared by the Congressional Research Service based on data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development budget justifications and P.L. 114-113 (President's request and appropriations levels), the HUD Community Planning and Development Budget website (number of qualifying jurisdictions); the FY2004, FY2006, FY2007, FY2008, and FY2009 HUD Performance and Accountability Reports (number of households assisted through FY2009), HOWPA Annual Performance Profiles for FY2010-FY2015 (households assisted from FY2010 through FY2015). For a breakdown of formula funding by jurisdiction, see the Appendix.

a. Housing assistance includes short-term assistance with rent, mortgage, or utilities; residence in short-term housing facilities; housing provided through community residences and single-room occupancy dwellings; and rental assistance for permanent supportive housing. It appears that, beginning in FY2012, totals also include housing placement services.

b. Includes rescissions.

c. In FY2013, HOPWA was funded at the FY2012 level ($332 million) as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6). However, after application of sequestration and an across-the-board rescission of 0.2%, the total was reduced to approximately $315 million.

Housing Funded Through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

In addition to funds for housing provided through HUD, funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Ryan White HIV/AIDS program may be used to provide short-term housing assistance to persons living with HIV/AIDS. The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act (P.L. 101-381) established the Ryan White program in 1990. The program provides funds to states and metropolitan areas to help pay for health care and supportive services for persons living with HIV/AIDS (referred to as "support services" in the statute).68

The statute governing the use of Ryan White funds does not specifically list housing as an eligible activity for which grantees may use funds. However, the statute defines support services as those "that are needed for individuals with HIV/AIDS to achieve their medical outcomes."69 In 1999, the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within HHS released policy guidance regarding the type of housing that Ryan White grantees could provide for their clients (Policy Notice 99-02).70 Grantees may use funds for housing referral services and for emergency or short-term housing. Ryan White funds must be the payer of last resort, meaning that other sources of funds for housing must be exhausted before using Ryan White funds.

Initially, the policy regarding use of Ryan White funds for housing did not impose time limits on short-term housing. However, when the Ryan White program was reauthorized in 2006, the law limited the amount of grants to states and urban areas that could be used for supportive services to no more than 25% by requiring that at least 75% of funds be used for "core medical services."71 Due to these funding limits, HRSA released guidance on time limits for housing assistance. Its final notice, released on May 12, 2011 (Notice 11-01), defined "short-term or emergency housing" as:

transitional in nature and for the purposes of moving or maintaining an individual or family in a long-term, stable living situation. Thus, such assistance cannot be permanent and must be accompanied by a strategy to identify, relocate, and/or ensure the individual or family is moved to, or capable of maintaining, a long-term, stable living situation.72

In addition, the Notice 11-01 strongly encouraged grantees or local planning bodies to define short-term housing themselves, recommending that they consider adopting the HUD definition of transitional housing: 24 months.73

Under Notice 11-01, housing must either provide medical or supportive services, or, if it does not provide these services, the housing must be necessary for clients to gain access to or compliance with medical care. In 2013, out of 524,675 Ryan White clients served, 14,837 received housing services.74

The Relationship Between Stable Housing and Health Outcomes

HIV/AIDS status is associated with homelessness: persons who are homeless are more likely to be HIV positive than those who are housed (see "Housing Status of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS"). In addition, during the last decade, research has found that the health outcomes of homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS may be improved with stable housing. In response to evidence from some studies, the Administration's National HIV/AIDS Strategy, published in 2010, acknowledged that "access to housing is an important precursor to getting many people into a stable treatment regimen. Individuals living with HIV who lack stable housing are more likely to delay HIV care, have poorer access to regular care, are less likely to receive optimal antiretroviral therapy, and are less likely to adhere to therapy."75 The National HIV/AIDS Strategy included pursuing the goal of housing as one of the ways to increase access to care and improve health outcomes for individuals living with HIV and AIDS.76

This section of the report gives a short overview of several studies that have examined how access to stable housing influences health outcomes for those living with HIV and AIDS.

Community Health Advisory & Information Network (CHAIN) Project Data

The CHAIN Project is a longitudinal study, begun in 1994, of a sample of individuals living with HIV/AIDS in New York City and the northern suburbs. In 2007, researchers released a study that used the CHAIN data to examine the effects of stable housing on health care for individuals living with HIV and AIDS.77

The study looked at those who were unstably housed—meaning that they were either living in some form of transitional housing; in a jail, drug treatment facility, or halfway house; in a hospice; or temporarily living in someone else's home—or who were homeless, meaning that they were living in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation. Researchers measured the likelihood of six scenarios involving the receipt or continuity of both medical care in general and appropriate HIV medical care. In general, individuals who were unstably housed were less likely to enter into and retain both medical care and appropriate HIV care.78 However, the likelihood of obtaining and retaining medical care increased if individuals received some form of housing assistance.79 In addition, receipt of mental health services and social services case management had a statistically significant relationship to individuals entering into and retaining medical care.

Housing and Health Study

In the Housing and Health Study, HUD, together with the CDC, provided HIV positive individuals who were homeless or at severe risk of homelessness with HOPWA-funded rental housing. (The study considered individuals to be at severe risk of homelessness if they frequently moved from one temporary housing situation to another.) Individuals in the comparison group received services, including assistance with finding housing, but did not receive HOPWA-funded housing.80 Despite the differences in rental assistance provided between the treatment and comparison groups, both groups had a statistically significant increase in stable housing.81 After 18 months, 82% of HOPWA-assisted renters and 52% of individuals in the comparison group were living in their own housing. Perhaps due to the fact that the comparison group also had some success in achieving and maintaining housing, both groups saw statistically significant improvements in health outcomes. After 18 months, both groups had fewer emergency room visits, fewer hospitalizations, reduced opportunistic infections (those that occur due to weakened immune systems), and reduced use of medical care generally. Self-reported depression and perceived stress saw improvement as well.

Chicago Housing for Health Partnership Study

The Chicago Housing for Health Partnership study identified homeless individuals with chronic illnesses, including HIV, for participation. Among those who participated in the study, 36% were HIV positive. The treatment group received housing funded through either HOPWA or HUD's Supportive Housing Program for homeless individuals, while the comparison, or usual care group, received available supportive services but no separate assistance with rent. The study found that, after 12 months, the group receiving housing assistance had higher rates of intact immunity compared to the comparison group and were more likely to have undetectable viral loads.82 There was no statistically significant difference between CD4 counts for the treatment and usual care group. (Very generally, CD4 counts are a measure of immune system strength.) At the conclusion of the study, the treatment group was found to have spent fewer days in emergency rooms and hospitals during the 18 month period in which the researchers followed participants. Specifically, compared to those in the usual care group, those in the treatment group showed 29% reduction in hospitalizations, a 29% reduction in the number of days spent in the hospital, and a 24% reduction in visits to the emergency room.83

Appendix. Recent HOPWA Formula Allocations

Table A-1. HOPWA Formula Allocations, FY2008-FY2016

MSA, State, or Territory

FY2008

FY2009

FY2010

FY2011

FY2012

FY2013

FY2014

FY2015

FY2016

Alabama State Program

1,241,000

1,299,792

1,403,821

1,402,039

1,419,006

1,369,305

1,466,392

1,483,651

1,530,814

Birmingham

538,000

554,848

593,523

586,116

582,166

555,158

589,189

581,878

963,865

Arkansas State Program

766,000

797,682

531,915

544,150

543,382

515,426

533,353

544,373

559,011

Little Rock

317,437

319,590

320,567

302,548

317,342

328,720

339,773

Arizona State Program

191,000

198,919

219,282

223,148

230,334

221,444

230,863

236,060

239,786

Phoenix

1,541,000

1,608,397

1,769,291

1,779,736

1,808,832

1,721,974

1,799,714

1,808,877

1,842,885

Tucson

411,000

420,497

453,391

453,761

459,084

433,227

453,077

451,530

456,639

California State Program

2,746,000

2,557,875

2,746,244

2,694,723

2,696,922

2,577,494

2,991,439

2,967,485

2,599,853

Anaheim/Santa Anaa

1,402,000

1,458,807

1,568,178

1,540,447

1,548,618

1,471,369

1,536,515

1,523,729

1,540,538

Bakersfieldb

323,000

472,334

635,917

375,881

384,879

372,171

386,902

383,139

384,538

Fresnob

315,824

346,048

352,275

358,363

355,403

379,006

383,139

387,290

Los Angeles

10,437,000

10,764,091

12,384,800

12,627,562

15,305,260

13,304,984

15,919,867

14,324,879

13,700,201

Oakland

1,952,000

2,038,921

2,208,481

2,514,177

2,673,899

2,083,392

2,176,276

2,197,531

2,196,785

Riverside

1,751,000

1,850,429

1,990,870

1,970,602

1,981,582

1,879,263

1,980,945

1,977,833

2,004,516

Sacramento

818,000

844,003

906,991

884,723

900,755

862,627

901,079

904,530

912,361

San Diego

2,646,000

2,731,528

2,935,661

2,884,983

2,883,128

2,726,216

2,837,844

2,826,474

2,855,967

San Francisco

8,193,000

9,233,417

9,977,748

9,782,816

9,731,577

8,633,125

8,241,019

7,461,390

7,089,501

San Jose

767,000

796,679

871,489

861,520

878,197

838,752

872,691

866,106

876,953

Santa Rosa

396,830

Colorado State Program

379,000

392,424

425,407

424,707

426,632

404,613

432,586

433,880

439,944

Denver

1,414,000

1,452,390

1,572,773

1,565,263

1,573,947

1,481,394

1,554,187

1,545,607

1,562,737

Connecticut State Program

263,000

268,902

286,319

283,878

282,574

269,924

219,771

217,492

218,321

Bridgeport

771,000

854,931

846,219

832,063

829,320

776,237

803,132

795,325

801,916

Hartford

1,140,000

1,084,029

1,153,422

1,131,275

1,126,735

1,056,186

1,095,094

1,084,150

1,090,687

New Haven

946,000

963,113

1,021,853

1,001,946

989,999

936,442

967,631

959,685

965,015

Washington, DC

11,541,000

12,213,518

14,118,841

13,795,546

13,623,582

12,479,642

10,732,310

11,165,299

11,107,054

Delaware State Program

179,000

186,286

202,783

205,796

204,213

192,829

247,219

246,908

209,515

Wilmingtonc

604,000

651,902

771,469

686,951

639,156

604,550

630,360

629,494

636,800

Florida State Program

3,191,000

3,012,662

3,655,741

3,680,729

3,714,625

3,536,718

3,353,713

3,357,058

3,415,896

Cape Corald

350,000

368,963

402,434

451,881

411,395

388,939

405,514

409,429

416,644

Deltonae

312,215

372,614

373,946

383,437

Fort Lauderdale

7,351,000

7,545,922

8,646,967

9,305,740

9,482,644

8,308,550

7,377,491

6,979,511

7,136,480

Jacksonville

1,988,000

2,265,720

2,510,630

2,815,995

2,584,823

2,608,329

2,303,001

2,466,397

2,619,116

Lakelandd

509,000

491,383

545,040

635,095

678,078

585,138

516,733

484,775

545,561

Miami

12,370,000

12,599,526

12,935,584

12,498,939

12,163,466

11,381,465

11,348,256

11,311,866

11,561,671

Orlando

3,234,000

3,533,132

3,347,552

3,640,338

3,401,180

3,533,678

3,008,066

3,241,876

3,701,885

Palm Bayd

311,000

317,829

341,871

340,775

340,949

322,779

335,014

334,603

338,306

Sarasota/Bradentond

409,000

421,099

460,283

459,410

457,699

429,582

448,378

446,014

454,621

Tampa

3,193,000

3,449,810

3,721,763

3,548,685

3,190,576

2,798,725

2,828,956

3,105,185

3,819,145

West Palm Beach

3,271,000

3,200,060

3,466,709

3,478,287

3,404,924

3,103,022

3,039,339

3,036,852

3,224,498

Georgia State Program

1,744,000

1,860,455

2,025,746

2,019,428

2,038,769

1,964,378

2,204,852

2,265,003

2,355,297

Atlanta

7,034,000

8,788,464

9,224,086

10,142,432

8,539,053

6,613,557

14,242,883

18,078,087

22,867,304

Augusta

385,000

398,640

429,792

425,918

425,840

413,361

937,957

1,072,089

1,048,948

Hawaii State Program

164,000

168,039

181,691

178,357

176,906

168,042

205,107

206,461

208,047

Honolulu

433,000

444,761

473,440

472,726

477,883

450,724

436,722

434,616

439,761

Iowa State Program

354,000

367,359

400,137

405,944

409,416

395,682

422,058

425,607

435,357

Illinois State Program

916,000

945,467

1,014,962

1,015,666

1,028,784

975,081

1,174,241

1,172,213

1,189,573

Chicago

5,819,000

5,993,040

6,426,836

6,371,215

6,417,879

6,107,650

7,695,202

7,865,169

6,980,042

Indiana State Program

863,000

892,730

971,314

980,761

980,105

934,984

947,327

952,515

968,868

Indianapolis

782,000

806,705

878,589

884,925

895,610

852,603

947,139

950,492

971,436

Kansas State Program

346,000

357,333

384,683

384,759

386,858

366,886

393,106

392,882

397,381

Kentucky State Program

431,000

452,782

493,906

501,578

510,929

487,176

523,765

530,584

542,867

Louisville

476,000

502,511

554,887

553,834

557,629

530,918

572,269

576,546

587,081

Louisiana State Program

1,034,000

1,090,045

1,203,335

1,234,375

1,266,439

1,223,134

1,295,313

1,314,327

1,350,470

Baton Rouge

1,433,000

1,797,197

2,225,972

2,303,702

2,552,872

2,563,587

2,624,776

2,538,685

2,550,866

New Orleans

2,769,000

3,089,672

3,385,486

3,416,072

3,584,653

3,741,338

4,014,083

3,911,848

3,852,045

Massachusetts State Program

173,000

180,471

194,639

197,121

197,288

188,819

210,935

211,976

213,000

Boston

1,747,000

1,779,243

1,889,165

1,884,046

1,878,288

2,087,647

2,245,485

2,715,215

2,005,609

Lowell

644,000

658,318

702,955

704,550

709,998

685,108

1,087,762

1,087,827

1,097,475

Lynn

326,000

331,866

355,028

355,907

359,748

345,197

f

Springfield

426,000

445,162

481,793

471,919

474,123

446,897

454,581

450,059

453,520

Worcester

368,000

377,385

408,282

401,707

405,261

384,200

457,025

453,368

454,988

Maryland State Program

357,000

362,346

401,808

399,689

409,020

387,481

397,806

397,111

404,536

Baltimore

8,195,000

8,657,224

10,043,043

8,887,872

9,038,879

7,312,098

7,841,738

8,037,304

8,331,845

Frederickg

575,000

603,776

977,937

823,714

707,425

675,631

689,956

906,649

1,314,681

Michigan State Program

941,000

980,158

1,056,103

1,051,579

1,064,798

1,009,892

1,068,022

1,071,464

1,091,421

Detroit

1,979,000

2,066,997

1,944,506

2,016,944

2,200,845

1,978,226

2,351,114

2,460,771

2,695,671

Warren

437,000

456,391

498,501

495,727

504,993

480,432

514,365

518,818

529,841

Minnesota State Program

119,000

124,525

137,625

139,821

142,672

139,245

147,579

147,997

153,742

Minneapolis

873,000

903,558

977,370

1,006,587

1,019,484

971,800

1,040,950

1,039,291

1,055,095

Missouri State Program

473,000

492,485

526,694

531,035

532,894

501,756

541,813

539,777

543,784

Kansas City

955,000

1,016,453

1,108,522

1,110,292

1,115,258

1,055,457

1,087,762

1,086,172

1,100,044

St. Louis

1,227,000

1,264,901

1,362,053

1,375,810

1,394,864

1,322,829

1,389,124

1,387,314

1,413,582

Mississippi State Program

833,000

858,039

948,759

951,304

977,731

940,452

963,495

988,917

1,017,669

Jackson

885,000

881,503

970,233

982,379

1,147,882

1,123,975

1,084,711

1,391,659

1,438,529

North Carolina Program

2,272,000

2,387,029

2,685,680

2,397,730

2,445,019

2,347,849

2,387,963

2,143,296

2,197,886

Charlotte

671,000

714,063

793,382

813,905

830,903

873,634

1,060,917

1,794,703

2,165,860

Durham

282,206

294,274

Greensboro

309,502

316,214

301,455

316,966

321,182

325,096

Wake County

434,000

459,800

721,566

678,603

670,467

510,323

536,173

542,902

554,975

Nebraska State Program

306,000

317,829

344,586

348,643

358,165

339,000

357,010

362,364

370,412

New Jersey State Programc

1,079,000

1,109,696

1,180,213

1,178,084

1,184,121

1,120,158

1,125,550

1,116,874

1,199,113

Camden

642,000

655,912

713,814

711,612

719,694

677,818

708,380

706,527

717,340

Jersey City

2,534,087

2,358,602

2,926,790

2,920,338

3,002,370

2,810,245

2,566,461

2,557,844

2,397,584

Newark

5,167,000

4,913,428

6,620,013

6,646,588

7,218,919

6,419,016

6,473,182

6,060,826

5,807,583

Paterson

1,286,736

1,301,766

1,404,206

1,381,032

1,380,000

1,294,558

1,356,224

1,351,464

1,363,496

Woodbridge/Edisonh

1,390,000

1,408,877

1,516,177

1,497,875

1,497,762

1,405,027

i

New Mexico State Program

532,000

552,442

272,536

280,246

281,585

273,934

288,954

285,515

290,238

Albuquerquej

320,778

324,634

326,702

319,681

335,014

329,639

335,921

Nevada State Program

228,000

236,818

254,785

255,631

255,069

238,211

249,663

249,481

253,362

Las Vegas

952,000

1,002,015

1,098,706

1,105,651

1,122,382

1,074,776

1,133,634

1,145,739

1,174,713

New York State Program

1,897,000

1,938,459

2,139,773

2,154,810

2,098,332

1,698,098

2,155,596

2,146,421

2,178,805

Albany

462,000

471,430

508,525

508,035

500,639

470,954

493,873

489,586

493,882

Buffalo

507,000

521,962

565,329

567,151

550,703

524,721

549,709

546,763

557,911

Islip

1,675,000

1,711,266

1,848,859

1,836,229

1,789,637

1,684,976

1,751,022

1,731,477

1,749,869

New York City

56,811,177

52,654,359

54,718,998

55,968,315

54,245,344

53,533,071

48,453,773

47,036,978

43,778,924

Poughkeepsie

947,000

655,310

702,119

698,901

672,598

624,416

k

Rochester

640,000

658,519

709,220

713,226

691,595

657,405

687,700

680,604

689,637

Syracuse

279,037

289,518

287,354

292,990

Ohio State Program

1,108,000

1,157,420

1,249,280

1,264,841

1,274,948

932,797

979,287

979,173

997,488

Cincinnati

562,000

584,124

643,644

657,741

672,796

643,006

672,660

674,537

694,774

Cleveland

870,000

895,337

960,454

963,208

967,243

906,552

950,711

952,331

961,896

Columbus

641,000

667,342

735,952

768,105

793,899

761,839

820,803

827,498

859,524

Dayton

274,481

285,946

286,986

293,908

Oklahoma State Program

226,000

230,000

243,925

247,359

246,560

235,842

248,347

246,907

253,729

Oklahoma City

459,000

483,261

513,746

519,333

519,042

496,106

530,157

530,952

544,334

Tulsa

307,000

324,647

342,706

349,450

349,062

334,444

353,062

353,171

361,422

Oregon State Program

335,000

350,114

374,867

376,285

378,349

363,787

379,194

378,910

387,474

Portland

988,000

1,016,854

1,088,055

1,086,484

1,090,721

1,035,226

1,081,182

1,075,693

1,091,788

Pennsylvania State Program

1,670,000

1,755,180

1,615,167

1,600,168

1,615,304

1,256,305

1,294,561

1,292,081

1,315,796

Allentownl

317,228

322,414

324,921

306,923

315,838

319,343

296,476

Bensalem Township

511,545

515,141

524,154

Harrisburg

279,584

291,022

291,766

296,293

Philadelphia

7,052,000

8,716,376

8,786,271

7,385,176

7,701,943

7,518,686

9,469,519

7,436,295

7,300,870

Pittsburgh

649,000

676,967

731,148

729,568

731,171

689,847

723,796

721,418

735,136

Puerto Rico State Program

1,679,000

1,709,461

1,825,260

1,806,368

1,810,019

1,693,542

1,808,174

1,799,317

1,821,603

San Juan

6,144,000

6,266,967

6,430,001

6,312,892

5,882,407

5,309,668

5,654,706

5,635,687

6,171,501

Providence

801,000

820,541

874,203

872,012

877,009

831,644

867,427

869,967

878,237

South Carolina State Program

1,491,000

1,563,881

1,708,727

1,728,286

1,474,412

1,406,850

1,387,244

1,390,807

1,413,582

Charleston

419,000

437,943

477,408

547,873

560,081

571,190

584,547

550,293

497,368

Columbia

1,138,000

1,404,470

1,566,258

1,540,616

1,584,363

1,421,084

1,413,369

1,196,205

1,154,666

Greenville

297,217

284,687

360,394

362,731

368,760

Tennessee State Program

796,000

830,568

911,377

916,803

947,455

902,360

939,055

942,955

963,180

Memphis

2,115,000

2,019,277

1,701,201

1,540,635

1,705,456

2,530,686

2,848,832

3,071,708

3,511,669

Nashville

795,000

829,966

903,441

911,759

900,557

852,786

914,427

923,834

942,082

Texas State Program

2,841,000

2,625,853

2,818,502

2,807,104

2,830,690

2,724,029

2,922,632

2,947,262

3,032,825

Austin

987,000

1,029,086

1,103,927

1,096,976

1,100,219

1,048,348

1,112,390

1,117,794

1,138,204

Dallas

3,332,000

3,642,608

3,722,637

3,969,841

4,060,375

4,393,520

5,375,254

5,637,374

6,409,124

El Paso

327,655

355,028

355,503

355,395

341,187

360,770

373,395

381,786

Fort Worth

863,000

892,529

950,848

936,172

942,706

911,655

996,018

1,002,154

1,032,529

Houston

6,038,000

7,315,504

7,793,944

7,127,183

7,572,952

8,956,121

10,893,817

10,343,492

9,639,531

San Antonio

1,025,000

1,064,378

1,151,125

1,168,601

1,187,881

1,138,748

1,212,217

1,216,888

1,244,429

Utah State Program

115,000

117,707

126,975

127,715

129,216

122,295

153,219

152,594

153,375

Salt Lake City

357,000

363,348

387,189

387,583

386,858

367,068

366,410

365,673

365,825

Virginia State Program

634,000

667,943

703,999

725,533

727,609

696,044

729,060

731,898

745,593

Richmond

690,000

702,433

774,169

781,825

864,491

1,159,168

1,087,373

874,953

813,475

Virginia Beach

968,000

1,002,215

1,079,493

1,093,344

1,089,336

1,030,852

1,078,550

1,080,657

1,180,789

Washington State Program

651,000

671,553

728,016

722,709

728,203

690,758

728,684

734,104

740,640

Seattle

1,663,000

1,705,852

1,821,710

1,809,798

1,814,768

1,706,482

1,779,598

1,770,821

1,783,626

Wisconsin State Program

407,000

422,102

455,271

460,217

463,438

441,611

466,613

468,812

475,719

Milwaukee

515,000

531,988

574,936

576,432

579,000

554,247

587,497

586,842

595,704

West Virginia State Program

309,608

336,232

336,134

339,564

321,686

342,910

344,347

351,515

—Subtotal formula grants

267,417,000

276,089,000

298,485,000

297,888,030

298,800,000

283,171,000

297,000,000

297,000,000

301,500,000

—Subtotal competitive grants

29,713,000

30,676,000

33,165,000

32,100,000m

33,200,000

31,463,000

33,000,000

33,000,000

33,500,000

—Subtotal technical asst.

1,485,000

1,485,000

3,350,000

3,343,000

0

0

0

0

0

Total HOPWA

300,100,000

310,000,000

335,000,000

334,330,000n

332,000,000

314,634,000o

330,000,000

330,000,000

335,000,000

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development Appropriations Budget page, http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/budget/index.cfm.

a. In FY2014 Anaheim became the designated grantee for the Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine MSA. Previously Santa Ana had been the grantee. See U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Operating Instructions, April 21, 2014, p. 6, https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2014-HOPWA-Operating-Instructions-for-Formula-Grants.pdf (hereinafter 2014 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions).

b. The state of California administers the grant for the Bakersfield and Fresno MSAs. See U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2012 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, January 31, 2012, p. 4, http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2012Operating_Formula.pdf.

c. According to directions in HUD Appropriations Acts, funds awarded to the Wilmington MSA are transferred to the state of New Jersey to administer the HOPWA program for the one New Jersey county that is in the Wilmington MSA (Salem County).

d. The state of Florida administers the grants for the Cape Coral, Lakeland, Bradenton, and Palm Bay MSAs. 2012 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, p. 4.

e. After FY2009, Deltona no longer qualified for funds. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2010 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, April 1, 2010, p. 1, http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2010Operating_Formula.pdf.

f. In FY2014, Lynn, MA lost its status as an MSA. Funds for Essex County, MA, were incorporated into the Lowell, MA grant. See the 2014 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, attachment 7.

g. The state of Maryland administers the grant for the Bethesda-Frederick-Gaithersburg MSA. 2012 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, p. 4.

h. Starting in FY2010, Edison, NJ, replaced Woodbridge as the designated HOPWA grantee. 2010 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, p. 1.

i. In FY2014, Edison, NJ lost its status as an MSA. Funds for the New Jersey counties of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean were incorporated into the New York City formula grant and funds for Somerset County, NJ, were incorporated into the Newark, NJ, grant. See the 2014 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, attachment 7.

j. The state of New Mexico administers the grant for Albuquerque. 2012 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, p. 4.

k. In FY2014, Poughkeepsie, NY, lost its status as an MSA. Funds for Orange County, NY, were incorporated into the New York City grant, and funds for Dutchess County, NY, were incorporated into the New York State grant. See the 2014 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, attachment 7.

l. The state of Pennsylvania administers the grant for Allentown. 2012 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, p. 4.

m. Competitive grants for FY2011 are based on HUD's announcement of the renewal of existing grants ($23 million) and the NOFA for new competitive grants ($9.1 million).

n. The FY2012 Department of Defense and Full-Year Appropriation Act (P.L. 112-10) contained an across-the-board rescission of 0.2% for all discretionary accounts. The rescission reduced the HOPWA appropriation ($335 million) by approximately $670,000

o. The FY2013 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6) appropriated $332 million for HOPWA, the same level as FY2012. Application of sequestration and an across-the-board rescission of 0.2% reduced the total to approximately $315 million.

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Footnotes

1.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Surveillance Report 2014, vol. 26, Atlanta, GA, February 2015, pp. 93-94, table 18b, http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-report-us.pdf.

2.

John M. Karon, Patricia L. Fleming, Richard W. Steketee, and Kevin M. DeCock, "HIV in the United States at the Turn of the Century: An Epidemic in Transition," American Journal of Public Health 91, no. 7 (July 2001): 1064-1065. See also, Paul Denning and Elizabeth DiNenno, Communities in Crisis: Is There a Generalized HIV Epidemic in Impoverished Urban Areas of the United States?, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2010, http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/other/pdf/poverty_poster.pdf.

3.

See, for example, M-J Milloy, B.D. Marshall, and J. Montaner, et al., "Housing Status and the Health of People Living with HIV/AIDS," Current HIV/AIDS Reports, vol. 9, no. 4 (December 2012), pp. 364-374.

4.

David Buchanan, Romina Kee, and Laura Sadowski et al., "The Health Impact of Supportive Housing for HIV-PositiveHomeless Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial," American Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. S3 (September 3, 2009), pp. S675-S680.

5.

See, for example, Danielle German and Carl A. Latkin, "Social Stability and HIV Risk Behavior: Evaluating the Role of Accumulated Vulnerability," AIDS and Behavior, vol. 16, no. 1 (January 2012), pp. 168-178.

6.

See, for example, Anita Palepu, M-J Milloy, and Thomas Kerr, et al., "Homelessness and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among a Cohort of HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users," Journal of Urban Health, vol. 88, no. 3 (June 2011), pp. 545-555.

7.

The second interim report was released on April 24, 1990. Its recommendations were reprinted in National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Annual Report to the President and Congress, August 1990, pp. 106-109.

8.

Hearing before the House Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, "Housing Needs of Persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome," March 21, 1990. See also, Statement of Representative James A. McDermott, 135 Cong. Rec. 23641, October 5, 1989.

9.

Ibid., pp. 25-30.

10.

U.S. Congress, House Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, Housing and Community Development Act of 1990, report to accompany H.R. 1180, 101st Cong., 2nd sess., June 21, 1990, H.Rept. 101-559.

11.

The law is codified at 42 U.S.C. §§12901-12912, with regulations at 24 C.F.R. Parts 574.3-574.655.

12.

The others are the Community Development Block Grant, the Emergency Solutions Grants, and HOME.

13.

MSAs are defined as having at least one core "urbanized" area of 50,000 with the MSA comprised of "the central county or counties containing the core, plus adjacent outlying counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the central county or counties as measured through commuting." See Office of Management and Budget, "2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas," 75 Federal Register 37246-37252, July 28, 2010.

14.

42 U.S.C. §12903(c)(1)(A).

15.

42 U.S.C. §12903(f).

16.

24 C.F.R. §574.3.

17.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2011 HOPWA Formula Operating Instructions, April 28, 2011, p. 3, http://www.hudhre.info/documents/2011Operating_Formula.pdf.

18.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development, Formula Allocations for FY2015, http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/comm_planning/about/budget/budget15.

19.

For example, see P.L. 114-113, Division L, Section 203.

20.

States that have retained funding under this provision include Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah. See U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Congressional Justifications for FY2011, p. Z-12, http://hud.gov/offices/cfo/reports/2011/cjs/hofpwAIDS2011.pdf.

21.

42 U.S.C. §12903(c)(3).

22.

Ibid.

23.

The FY2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-76) provided that if there are insufficient funds to renew existing contracts, then funds should be taken from the formula grants for that purpose. The language has not appeared in subsequent appropriations acts.

24.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Project Demonstration, August 11, 2015, https://www.hudexchange.info/news/vawa-hopwa-project-demonstration-nofa-and-faqs/.

25.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "HUD and Justice Department Award $9.2 Million to Provide Stable Housing to Victims of Domestic Violence Living with HIV/AIDS," press release, June 14, 2016, http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2016/HUDNo_16-088.

26.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "HUD Awards $8.8 Million to Improve Housing and Services for Families and Individuals Living with AIDS," press release, September 21, 2011, http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2011/HUDNo.11-225.

27.

42 U.S.C. §12903.

28.

42 U.S.C. §12902(9).

29.

Specifically, MSAs are county-based areas with at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more in the United States and Puerto Rico. See, for example, Office of Management and Budget, "2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas," 75 Federal Register 37245-37252, June 10, 2010. The Census definition of "United States" includes only the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. U.S. Census, Geographic Terms and Concepts, 2010, p. A-25, http://www.census.gov/geo/www/2010census/GTC_10.pdf.

30.

The HOPWA statute, 42 U.S.C. §12902, refers to 42 U.S.C. §12704 to define "unit of general local government."

31.

24 C.F.R. §574.3.

32.

The HOPWA statute defines an eligible person as one "with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or a related disease." 42 U.S.C. §12902(12). The regulations have further specified that "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or related diseases means the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or any conditions arising from the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, including infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)." 24 C.F.R. §574.3.

33.

42 U.S.C. §12908 and §12909. The statutory provisions regarding short-term housing and community residences do not require individuals to be low income, although to be eligible for short-term housing a person must be homeless or at risk of homelessness. See 42 U.S.C. §12907 and §12910.

34.

Income limits are available on the HUD Policy Development and Research website at http://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il.html.

35.

24 C.F.R. §574.3.

36.

24 C.F.R. §574.310(e).

37.

For more information about housing for persons with disabilities and the definitions of disability under these programs, see CRS Report RL34728, Section 811 and Other HUD Housing Programs for Persons with Disabilities, by Libby Perl.

38.

42 U.S.C. §1437a(b)(3).

39.

42 U.S.C. §12910.

40.

42 U.S.C. §12907.

41.

HOWPA funds may only be used for construction of community residences and single-room occupancy dwellings. See 24 C.F.R. §574.300(b)(4).

42.

42 U.S.C. §12908.

43.

See 24 C.F.R. §574.310(d).

44.

42 U.S.C. §12909.

45.

24 C.F.R. §574.300(b)(7).

46.

42 U.S.C. §12906.

47.

24 C.F.R. §574.300(b)(1).

48.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOPWA Performance Profile National Program 2014-2015 Program Year, https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/reportmanagement/published/HOPWA_Perf_NatlComb_2014.pdf.

49.

Ibid. The percent stably housed includes those living in permanent dedicated housing units as well as those receiving tenant-based rental assistance.

50.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2017 Congressional Justifications, p.22-5, http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=22-HSNG_Opp.Persons_wAIDS.pdf.

51.

Part A of the Ryan White CARE Act distributed funds to metropolitan statistical areas using "the cumulative number of cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the eligible area involved.... " See P.L. 101-381. While the HOPWA statute did not use the word "cumulative" in describing the formula distribution, the program's regulations, issued in 1992, described the formula factor as cumulative cases. See U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, "Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS," 57 Federal Register 61735-61751, December 28, 1992.

52.

When HOPWA and Ryan White were enacted, in 1990, the CDC issued annual HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports that contained the number of new AIDS cases, and the cumulative number of cases, but not the number of persons living with AIDS. These were the data relied on by both programs. In 1993, the CDC released estimates of persons living with AIDS by state, but the report did not contain estimates broken down by metropolitan statistical area.

53.

U.S. General Accounting Office, Ryan White CARE Act of 1990: Opportunities to Enhance Funding Equity, GAO/HEHS-96-26, November 1995, http://www.gao.gov/assets/230/221925.pdf.

54.

Ibid., pp. 21-27.

55.

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-415).

56.

U.S. General Accounting Office, HUD's Program for Persons with AIDS, GAO/RCED-97-62, March 1997, p. 27, http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/rc97062.pdf.

57.

See U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill, report to accompany H.R. 2158, 105th Cong., 1st sess., July 11, 1997, H.Rept. 105-175, pp. 33-34.

58.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1999 Report on the Performance of the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program, October 6, 1999.

59.

U.S. Government Accountability Office, Changes Needed to Improve the Distribution of Ryan White CARE Act and Housing Funds, GAO-06-332, February 2006, p. 23, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06332.pdf.

60.

The GAO report looked at FY2004 HOPWA allocations and found that the amount of money grantees received per living AIDS case ranged from $387 per person to $1,290. According to the report, if only living AIDS cases had been counted in that year, 92 of 117 grantees would have received more formula funding, while 25 would have received less. Ibid., p. 24.

61.

U.S. Government Accountability Office, Persons with HIV: Funding Formula for Housing Assistance Could Be Better Targeted, and Performance Data Could Be Improved, GAO-15-298, April 2015, http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669705.pdf.

62.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Congressional Justifications for FY2009, p. Q-2, http://www.hud.gov/offices/cfo/reports/2009/cjs/cpd1.pdf.

63.

FY2010 Congressional Budget Justifications, p. X-13.

64.

National HIV/AIDS Strategy Federal Implementation Plan, July 2010, p. 28, http://aids.gov/federal-resources/policies/national-hiv-aids-strategy/nhas-implementation.pdf.

65.

For example, researchers who analyzed data from 25 states found that from 1996 to 2005, average life expectancy after HIV diagnosis increased from 10.5 to 22.5 years. See Kathleen McDavid Harrison, Ruiguang Song, and Xinjian Zhang, "Life Expectancy after HIV Diagnosis Based on National HIV Surveillance Data from 25 States, United States," Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 53, no. 1 (January 2010), pp. 124-130.

66.

Through FY2009, HUD provided estimates of the numbers of households served in its annual Performance and Accountability Reports. The most recent is the FY2009 Performance and Accountability Report, November 16, 2009, p. 349, http://www.hud.gov/offices/cfo/reports/hudfy2009par.pdf.

67.

The FY2010 and FY2012 numbers of households served is reported in HUD's Annual HOPWA Performance Profiles, available at https://www.hudexchange.info/manage-a-program/hopwa-performance-profiles/.

68.

For more information about the Ryan White program, see CRS Report RL33279, The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, by Judith A. Johnson.

69.

42 U.S.C. §300ff-14(d)(1) and §300ff-22(c)(1). At the time that HHS established its housing policy, the statute stated that funds could be used "for the purpose of delivering or enhancing HIV-related outpatient and ambulatory health and support services, including case management and comprehensive treatment services ... " The statute was amended to read as stated in the text of this report as part of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006, P.L. 109-415.

70.

Policy Notice 99-02 is reproduced in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Housing is Health Care: A Guide to Implementing the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Ryan White CARE Act Housing Policy, 2001, p. 3, ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/hab/housingmanualjune.pdf (hereinafter, Housing is Health Care).

71.

The program was reauthorized in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-415). See Section 105.

72.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, "HIV/AIDS Bureau Policy Notice 11–01 (Replaces Policy Notice 99–02)," 76 Federal Register 27649-27651, May 12, 2011.

73.

Transitional housing is defined in the law governing the HUD Homeless Assistance Grants as "housing the purpose of which is to facilitate the movement of individuals and families experiencing homelessness to permanent housing within 24 months or such longer period as the Secretary determines necessary." 42 U.S.C. §11360(29).

74.

The United States—Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services Received, HRSA website accessed June 2, 2016, http://hab.hrsa.gov/stateprofiles/Services-Received.aspx#chart2.

75.

National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States, July 13, 2010, p. 28, http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/NHAS.pdf.

76.

Ibid., pp. 27-28.

77.

Angela A. Aidala, Gunjeong Lee, and David M. Abramson, et al., "Housing Need, Housing Assistance, and Connection to HIV Medical Care," Aids and Behavior, vol. 11, no. 6 (November 2007, supplement), pp. S101-S115.

78.

The statistical significance of the likelihood varied among the models used. See Table 3, pp. S110-S111 for significance.

79.

Findings were statistically significant in all but one of six models—continuity of appropriate HIV medical care.

80.

The methodology of the study is described in Daniel P. Kidder, Richard J. Wolitski, and Scott Royal, et al., "Access to Housing as a Structural Intervention for Homeless and Unstably Housing People Living with HIV: Rationale, Methods, and Implementation of the Housing and Health Study," AIDS and Behavior, vol. 11, no. 6 (November 2007, supplement), pp. 149-161.

81.

Richard J. Wolitski, Daniel P. Kidder, and Sherri L. Pals, et al., "Randomized Trial of the Effects of Housing Assistance on the Health and Risk Behaviors of Homeless and Unstably Housing People Living with HIV," AIDS & Behavior, vol. 14, no. 3 (2010), pp. 493-503.

82.

David Buchanan, Romina Kee, and Laura S. Sadowski, et al., "The Health Impact of Supportive Housing for HIV-Positive Homeless Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial," American Journal of Public Health, vol. 99, no. S3 (November 2009), pp. S675-S680.

83.

Laura S. Sadowski, Romina A. Kee, and Tyler J. VanderWeele, et al., "Effects of a Housing and Case Management Program on Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Chronically Ill Homeless Adults," Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 301, no. 17 (May 6, 2009), pp. 1775-1776.