The Carolinas CARE Partnership recognizes the need and importance for people living with HIV/AIDS to have access to decent, safe and affordable housing. In our Charlotte Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) it is estimated that there are nearly 6,000 people living with HIV/AIDS of whom many receive disability income or have a very low income. Research has strongly documented that access to affordable and stable housing continues to play a vital role in improving health outcomes, treatment adherence, and the reduction of high-risk behaviors that transmit HIV. Housing is Healthcare for people living with HIV/AIDS.

I thank GOD for the Regional Consortium. They helped me and didn't treat me like a victim, but treated me like a real person.

The Carolinas CARE Partnership is responsible for administering
two Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) programs.

The first program operates in our Charlotte Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) that includes, Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union and York (SC) counties. The services includes short-term housing assistance, housing information services, residential services, end-of-life care, residential substance abuse services and tenant-based rental vouchers. Funded agencies include:

• Anson County Health Department/Short term assistance
• Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry/Short term assistance
• Catawba Care Coalition/Short term assistance & housing information services
• Crisis Assistance Ministry/Short term assistance
• Community Link/Housing Information Services
• Hope Haven/ Substance abuse after-care residential treatment
• Hospice of Union County/ Support services
• House of Mercy, Inc./ Support services
• Living Water CDC (Union County)/Short term assistance
• McLeod Addictive Disease Center/ Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
• Salvation Army Gaston County/Short term assistance
• The Havens/ Operating Expenses
• Uptown Men's Shelter/ Housing information Services

Downloadable Documents (PDFs):

HIV/AIDS Housing Action Plan     Memorandum     New Applicants (MSA Doc)     Continuation Application

For more information about HOPWA MSA program contact:
Lorie Goble, Housing Programs Manager
Phone: (704) 531-2467 ext. 12
lorieg@carolinascare.org

The second HOPWA program is a Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) grant that provides temporary tenant-based rental vouchers and supportive services in seven rural counties — Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and Union.

For more information about HOPWA MSA program contact:
Lorie Goble, Housing Manager
lorieg@carolinascare.org; 704.531.2467, ext. 12

Please visit our Resource Directory page for the specific services under the HOPWA programs.