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Durham reviews HOPWA spending after contractor collapse, moves to issue RFPs
Summary
City of Durham staff briefed council on Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) funding, reported recent vendor failures that disrupted tenant-based assistance, and said the city will put some services in-house temporarily and issue an RFP to select new project sponsors for remaining allocations.
Durham City Council heard a detailed briefing on Thursday about the city’s Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program, including how federal rules, a contractor failure and recent transfers of responsibility have affected spending and service delivery.
The presentation said the city is the HOPWA grantee for the Durham eligible metropolitan statistical area (Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange and Person counties) and that its current HOPWA activities include tenant‑based rental assistance (TBRA), short‑term rent/mortgage/utility (STRMU) payments, supportive services and permanent housing placement. Reginald J. Johnson, director of the Community Development Department, and Colin Davis, manager of the Homeless System, led the update.
Why it matters: HOPWA is the primary federal program dedicated to housing for people living with HIV and AIDS. Council members pressed staff on whether the city is drawing and spending all available allocations, how priorities are set across five counties, and how recent…
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