Federal grant programs / Department of Housing and Urban Development

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (14.241)

Also known as HOPWA

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$2.3 billion
• Grant awards782
• Typical award$1.6 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$354 million
• Size rank142 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceFormula grants, project grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $519 million in fiscal 2021 to $354 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 142nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 48% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 50 states and territories.

What the program funds

To provide States, units of local government, or nonprofit organizations with the resources and incentives to devise long-term comprehensive strategies for meeting the supportive housing needs of low-income persons and their families living with HIV/AIDS in order to promote positive health outcomes, prevent homelessness, and sustain housing stability for HOPWA program beneficiaries.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Formula Program: Eligible applicants include cities that are the most populous unit of general local government in metropolitan statistical areas with more than 500,000 people and at least 2,000 HIV/AIDS cases and States with more than 2,000 HIV/AIDS cases outside of eligible metropolitan statistical areas. Awards are contingent upon the submission and approval by HUD of a jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan. Competitive Program: Eligible applicants include States, units of general local government, and nonprofit organizations. Additional applicant eligibility may apply depending on the competitive grant opportunity. Awards are based on competitive applications, with priority given by congressional authority to the renewal or replacement of expiring permanent supportive housing project grants. If funds remain after the renewal/replacement process, they are distributed under a Notice of Funding Opportunity. Typically, competitive funding is available for two types of projects: 1) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS): Due to their innovative nature or their potential for replication, SPNS projects are likely to serve as effective models in addressing the needs of eligible persons. These projects included grants that target assistance to underserved populations. 2) New Long-Term Projects: These projects provide housing and services for eligible persons in areas of the nation that did not qualify for HOPWA formula allocations.

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What the money can and cannot pay for

HOPWA program activities focus on establishing stable housing, reducing risk of homelessness, and improving access to healthcare and supportive services. Housing assistance is 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. Grantees and project sponsors may use HOPWA funds to provide for any of the following eligible activities, subject to certain standards and limitations provided in the regulations: 1) acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, and repair of facilities to provide housing and services; (2) new construction (for single room occupancy (SRO) dwellings and community residences only); (3) operating costs for housing facilities, including maintenance, security, operation, insurance, utilities, furnishings, equipment, supplies, and other incidental costs; (4) tenant-based rental assistance, including assistance for shared housing arrangements; (5) short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments to prevent homelessness; (6) permanent housing placement to assist beneficiaries with security deposits, first month’s rent and utility hook-up costs, and other housing placement costs; (7) housing information services including, but not limited to, counseling, information, and referral services to assist eligible individuals and their families to locate, acquire, finance,...

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Matching requirements

Statutory Formula: Title 24, Part 200, Subpart A-K,Public Law 200.306.HOPWA program does not require matching funds for awards.Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

HOPWA formula grant awards: In FY2024, 143 HOPWA formula eligible states and metropolitan statistical areas received an estimated average award amount of $3,178,322. HOPWA competitive grant awards: In FY2023 there were 27 eligible permanent supportive housing renewal/replacement grants totaling $30,289,401. Grantees received award amounts between $261,995 and $1561,072 with an average award amount of $1,121,829. In FY24, HUD awarded $26,303,767 to 11 new competitive special projects of national significance (SPNS) grantees. The grantees were awarded between $1,803,438 and $2,500,000 with an average award amount of $2,391,252.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 1.9% of the money.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.