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Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA)

The Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program is the only federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. The City of Boston administers HOPWA funding for Suffolk, Norfolk and Plymouth counties.

The City of Boston has received an annual HOPWA formula allocation from the U.S. Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) since the HOPWA program began in 1992. Under the HOPWA program, nonprofits provide housing and services to persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homelessness. The HOPWA program is coordinated by the Mayor's Office of Housing Supportive Housing Division. 

If You Need Housing Assistance

If you or a family member are living with HIV/AIDS and need housing assistance, you can contact the programs below for help.

Program  Services Location Contact Information
Commonwealth Land Trust

Housing Search

Subsidized permanent housing with case management services

Walk-ins 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays

1059 Tremont Street, Suite 2

Roxbury Crossing (Boston), MA 02120

(at the corner of Tremont and Cunard Streets, on the first floor)

(617) 445-4075

outreach@commonwealthlandtrust.org 

Father Bill's & Mainspring

Housing search and placement services

Housing stabilization 

Referrals to healthcare, including mental health and substance use treatment

Plymouth, MA 

Triage/outreach department:

774-273-2709

Justice Resource Institute  Subsidized permanent housing with case management services

555 Amory Street, Suite 2

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-2672

For new intakes:

(617) 485-9927

meskehan@jri.org

Contact form

 

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