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. Under the HOPWA Program, HUD makes grants to local communities, States, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
City of Lynn
For Essex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PUBLIC NOTICE
The City of Lynn will award approximately $703,311. subject to final appropriation from the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These funds will be allocated for FY 2023-2024 to eligible sub-recipients that provide housing and related services to residents and families within Essex County in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lynn, as the sub-recipient of the City of Cambridge, will administer this program through The Lynn Housing Authority & Neighborhood Development (LHAND). The HOPWA program addresses the specific needs of low-income persons medically diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and their families. HOPWA funds may be used for a wide range of housing, social services, program planning and development costs within Essex County.
Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and eligibility and completion instructions can be requested by e-mailing Danielle Hoyt at drossewey@lhand.org .
A Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at LHAND’s Library Room located at 10 Church Street Lynn MA 01902 Completed applications for HOPWA funding must be received by LHAND no later than Friday January 27, 2023 before 12:30PM**. The preferred method of submission is to e-mail a PDF version of the entire application (one file) to drossewey@lhand.org by the deadline. Mailed or hand-delivered copies of the application can also be submitted to the following address:
Danielle Hoyt
LHAND
39 Curwin Terrace
Lynn, MA 01905
**Please note that applications received AFTER the deadline may be excluded from the review process.
