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L.A. Mayor's AIDS Housing Program Withholds $13 Million

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 21st, 1998

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, California, announced that while Mayor of L.A. Richard Riordan's Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA) program holds up over $13 million in federal funds to house people with AIDS in Los Angeles, a city study reported two-thirds of persons with AIDS surveyed had recently been homeless.

"It's an outrage for anyone with AIDS in Los Angeles to go homeless while millions of federal AIDS housing dollars sit untapped in city coffers," said Michael Weinstein, AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

"For people with AIDS, homelessness is a medical emergency that leads to lapses in treatment, which can lead to death. ...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1998-09-21)

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