http://blog.aids.gov/2011/06/housing-%e2%80%94-our-response-to-hiv.html HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media. Mon, 20 May 2013 21:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.aids.gov/2011/06/housing-%e2%80%94-our-response-to-hiv.html#comment-426089 clifford williams Tue, 29 May 2012 15:03:29 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=2776#comment-426089 Housing is the greatest unmet service for people living with HIV/AIDS. Housing is Prevention Health Care and supports Well-being.
My name is cliffwms44 I am HIV+ since my birthday in 2003,battling homelessness stigma both inward and outwardly imposed and the loss of my wife in Feb 2009 as for the both of us though infected with the virus. Sentenced to the cruel world of living in the Philadelphia shelter system,waiting on two of Philadelphia’s housing waiting list. I have known a great many people who have died on these housing waiting list. What a very important housing plays in the care and treatment and general well-being of person’s stricken with the virus. I lived on the streets, in the parks,shelters and abandon buildings. Please sign the petition>Housing is Prevention Health Care and supports Well-being @change.org

]]> http://blog.aids.gov/2011/06/housing-%e2%80%94-our-response-to-hiv.html#comment-2584 Jorie Barna Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:37:01 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=2776#comment-2584 Housing is perhaps the biggest obstacle for my clients living with HIV. As a case manager, I hope to help people living with HIV to sustain housing while addressing the behaviors that put them at initial risk. There is not enough funding available. Out of 35 clients, I currently work with 8 homeless people. All meet HOPWA eligibility. I may be able to help them get off the streets with temporary assistance. But, it is almost impossible to find housing they can sustain on a limited income while also struggling to find funding to pay for ARV medications, pay exhorbitant medical bills, acquire resources to incite behavioral change; primarily with substance abuse, mental health and a general lack of independent living skills.

]]> http://blog.aids.gov/2011/06/housing-%e2%80%94-our-response-to-hiv.html#comment-2566 Arlee Holland Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:44:32 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=2776#comment-2566 30 YEARS! We have come so far and yet still have so much more to do to fight against HIV/AIDS. Educating people, that after 30 years are still living without the knowledge they need to know to keep themselves from contracting HIV/AIDS is our most valuable tool. Educate & Erradicate. A. Holland

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