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Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake (HACSL): Spent $32,285 to provide long-term rental assistance for 10 housing units for PWA’s. The Housing Authority of Salt Lake City is now under HOPWA contract with Salt Lake City for the EMSA. The Housing Authority of Utah County is no longer a HOPWA provider due to the lack of need for such housing in the county.
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Catholic Community Services-Ogden Area (CCS): Expended $19,537 to provide short-term rental and emergency assistance for 21 PWA households located in rural areas north of Salt Lake County. As with SLCAP, CCS also provides housing information, referrals, and placement services.
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Kenyon Consulting, Inc.: Under contract with HOPWA to be its housing coordinator and resource development provider. Kenyon continues its effort to locate and develop housing-assistance resources and is working to identify and develop a housing project for PWA’s. The annual contract with Kenyon is $14,400.
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St. George Housing Authority: SGHA was able to assist 2 PWA households with long term rental assistance and 4 households with short term/emergency assistance. Total expenses equaled $6,193.
Barriers and Trends Although progress was made in rural northern and southwestern Utah, HOPWA still encounters difficulty providing access to and/or interest in services elsewhere in rural Utah. The general social/community climate in these areas sometimes inhibits persons with Aids from seeking services. They continue to travel to the Salt Lake City metropolitan area to access services. HOPWA also encounters obstacles in identifying sponsors willing and able to develop and manage permanent housing. Although the Artspace Bridges Project was completed and provided 14 units for persons with AIDS, the goal in the Consolidated Plan to “develop at least fourteen housing units per year for persons with HIV/AIDS” is unrealistic and needs to be re-evaluated.
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