Special Initiatives include:
OHFA's Housing Pilot Program
Housing Opportunities for
People with AIDS
The
Homeless Program
coordinates a housing pilot program that pays for repairs, maintenance and
utility bills at temporary homes operated by nine shelters or community
action agencies statewide. The program helps families who are homeless
move into transitional housing and eventually permanent housing.
Housing Opportunities
for People with AIDS (HOPWA)
helps people who are HIV positive and are
homeless or at a high risk of being homeless. Assistance from the HOPWA
program may come in the form of emergency rental or mortgage assistance.
Help is also available to provide utility or rental assistance payments or
to find a place to rent.During 2004, HOPWA awarded $850,000 to help
provide housing for 3,500 Oklahomans for all housing-related services,
emergency and long-term assistance, and other supportive services
including health care, mental health counseling, nutritional services
and transportation.
OHFA works with CarePoint and Tulsa C.A.R.E.S to administer the HOPWA
program. For more information about HOPWA, call CarePoint in Oklahoma
City at (405) 232-2437 or Tulsa C.A.R.E.S in Tulsa at (918) 832-4194.
Toll Free: (800) 256-1489