Needs for shelter or housing assistance among people with diagnosed HIV by jurisdiction: United States, 2015-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the landscape of needs for housing assistance among people with HIV (PWH) and availability of Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) funding with respect to housing service needs, nationally and for 17 US jurisdictions.

Design

The CDC Medical Monitoring Project (MMP) is an annual, cross-sectional survey designed to report nationally and locally representative estimates of characteristics and outcomes among adults with diagnosed HIV in the United States.

Methods

We analyzed 2015-2020 data from MMP and 2019 funding data from HOPWA. Weighted percentages and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for national and jurisdiction-level estimates were reported.

Results

Nationally, 1 in 4 (27.7%) PWH had shelter or housing service needs. Among t

SUBMITTER: Dasgupta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11492083 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature