The housing opportunities for persons with aids (hopwa) program was authorized through the aids housing opportunity act (42 USC CH. 131) and created to address the housing needs of low-income…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the Washington State Department of Health $1.632 million on December 8, 2025, under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program to provide housing assistance and supportive services for low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS and their families across Washington State.

The award funds tenant-based and facility-based rental assistance, transitional or short-term housing, supportive services, program planning, and development costs. The recipient must identify eligible HOPWA activities in its Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan submitted to HUD. Expected outcomes include establishing stable housing, reducing homelessness risk, and improving access to healthcare and supportive services; the recipient must submit annual performance reports on expenditures, activities, accomplishments, and household outcomes.

The period of performance runs from December 8, 2025, through December 7, 2028, with place of performance in Olympia, Washington. This is a formula entitlement award to a state with more than 2,000 documented HIV/AIDS cases outside eligible metropolitan statistical areas.

The Washington State Department of Health passes funding through to six sub-recipients: Kitsap Public Health District, Sean Humphrey House (a nonprofit housing provider), Spokane Regional Health District, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, Cascade AIDS Project, and Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee. Sub-recipients deliver housing assistance, tenant-based rental assistance, facility-based housing, supportive services, and case management to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families.

Activities

Hopwa formula awards are contingent upon the submission and approval by HUD of a jurisdiction's consolidated plan and annual action plan. Grantees must identify the eligible hopwa activities at 24 code of federal regulations (CFR) 574.300 that will be implemented with grant funding in the jurisdiction's consolidated plan and annual action plan. Housing assistance can be provided in the form of permanent housing which includes tenant-based (scattered site) and facility-based (subsidized payment on a specific building, unit, or project) rental assistance, or through transitional or short-term housing assistance.

Expected outcomes

Hopwa program activities focus on establishing stable housing, reducing risk of homelessness, and improving access to healthcare and supportive services. Hopwa formula grantees are required to submit annual performance reports on grant expenditures, activities undertaken, program accomplishments, and household outcomes related to housing stability; homelessness prevention, and access to care and support. Hopwa formula program grantees must annually submit reporting form HUD-4155: consolidated annual progress report and consolidated annual performance and evaluation report to HUD 90 days after the end of each program or operating year. Hopwa performance profiles are generated quarterly for all agencies receiving hopwa grants, and are accessible here: https://WWW.hudexchange.info/programs/hopwa/hopwa-performance-profiles/

Intended beneficiaries

Eligibility for hopwa is limited to individuals and families who have: (1) at least one person with an HIV diagnosis. This includes families where the only eligible person is a minor. Medical verification of status is required; and 2) a total household income that does not exceed 80% of the area median income (AMI), as defined by HUD. A person with HIV or a family member regardless of income is eligible to receive hopwa housing information services. Any person living in proximity to a community residence is eligible to participate in that residence's community outreach and educational activities regarding HIV/aids.

Subrecipient activities

The subrecipient activities are unknown at the time of award.