HIV/AIDS and Homelessness Factsheet
Contributing Organization(s): National Coalition for the Homeless
Author(s)/Creator(s): National Coalition for the Homeless
Publishing Date: 2008-06-23
Issue Areas: Housing and Homelessness; Poverty and Hunger
Ownership/Rights Info: National Coalition for the Homeless, 2008
File info: 4 pages; 169.73 KB file size
Lack of affordable housing is a critical problem facing a growing number of people living with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and other illnesses caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). People with HIV/AIDS may lose their jobs because of discrimination or because of the fatigue and periodic hospitalization caused by HIV-related illness. They may also find their incomes drained by the costs of health care.
Tragically, individuals with HIV/AIDS may die before they are able to receive housing assistance. Efforts to build HIV/AIDS housing often encounter chronic funding shortfalls, bureaucratic indifference, and the stigma and fear of AIDS. Projects to create HIV/AIDS housing may fail because of local opposition by neighborhood or community groups.
This fact sheet examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and homelessness.
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Language code: English
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