HOPWA in Oakland

The City of Oakland is a recipient of formula grant awarded by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA).

HUD selected the City of Oakland in 1993 as the designated grantee for the Oakland Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area (EMSA) due to Oakland being the most populous unit of general, local government in the EMSA. The Oakland EMSA consist of the City of Alameda, Alameda County, Antioch, Berkeley, Concord, Contra Costa County, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Oakland, Richmond, San Leandro, Union City and Walnut Creek.

The Oakland EMSA is geographically, ethnically and economically diverse, spanning 1,237.5 square miles. Approximately 1.7 million people reside within the Oakland EMSA, with an estimated 13,690 adults and children living with AIDS or the HIV infection.

Alameda County and Contra Costa County are the project sponsors for the City's HOPWA. A wide range of AIDS housing and related services are administered by and through each of the counties. Said services include, but not limited to housing and benefits advocacy, tenant rental assistance, HIV/AIDS housing (community residence housing, family housing, single resident occupancy housing, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing), tenant services, end-stage care, substance abuse counseling, mental health services, service enriched emergency housing and other supportive services for people with HIV/AIDS and their families. HIV/AIDS housing developments are implemented to increase HIV/AIDS housing inventory throughout Alameda County and Contra Costa County through rehabilitation and renovation projects, new construction projects, and through housing set-asides for special needs.