| One can't help but feel for people who lost their | | | | HUD's Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS |
| homes to foreclosure. The past months have left | | | | Program or HOPWA will give the federal grant to the |
| many without houses, and it's still taking away other | | | | City of Los Angeles to help persons with AIDS |
| people's homes. | | | | concentrate more on getting treatment instead of |
| It's even worse to see sick people who, despite their | | | | worrying about where they will stay. |
| condition, are forced out of their residences. Losing | | | | This money will definitely be a great deal not only for |
| their homes would make it more difficult for these | | | | those who are ill but for their own families as well. No |
| people to take care of their health, like those who | | | | longer would they have to think about where to find |
| are inflicted with HIV/AIDS. For them, losing their | | | | money to pay for next month's rent once they have |
| health to the HIV virus is as hard as losing their | | | | their own homes. They can just spend the money on |
| dwellings to foreclosure. | | | | medication and other more important expenses. |
| It's fortunate that there is money allotted for building | | | | HOPWA still has more to give. There are 18 other |
| houses specifically for people suffering from AIDS. | | | | local programs all over the country which will benefit |
| The government, through its housing arm the U.S. | | | | from their grants. More people with HIV/AIDS will get |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | | | | permanent housing in the future because the |
| (HUD), is giving a housing grant worth $1.4 million to | | | | program has allotted a total of $19.4 million for the |
| the Los Angeles Housing Department to provide | | | | project. Because of this, getting better will be easier |
| permanent housing to people with the disease. | | | | for people with AIDS all over the United States. |