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HIV/AIDS
AHF Sues L.A. Housing Dept. to Prevent Closure of AIDS Site
March 15th, 2008
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced its filing of a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) for breach of contract and for a "judicial determination" regarding the validity of a years-old loan agreement between LAHD and AHF, the US' largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare, research, prevention and education provider. The loan allowed AHF to construct Linn House, an AIDS hospice care facility in Los Angeles. Thanks to the advances in medical treatment, that hospice use is no longer needed, and AHF now uses the facility to provide other crucial HIV/AIDS services. LAHD, however, is insisting on what AHF believes are outdated, inequitable and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-15)
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