FY08SenateHOPWALetter

Senate FY08 HOPWA Letter closes with 37 Signatures!

Support from across the country for HIV/AIDS Housing Programs

On Tuesday, May 8, the Senate FY08 HOPWA letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate HUD Appropriations Subcommittee closed with 37 signers, 2 more than the highest number of signers for past Senate letters! Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Smith (R-OR) provided extraordinary leadership for garnering support from Democrats, Republicans and Independents from every region of the country. The letter supports NAHC’s recommended funding level for the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program for FY2008 -- $454 million. The President included $300 million for HOPWA in his FY08 budget request – a welcome increase over the FY07 appropriated level of $286 million, but -- far below the amount required to meet actual need.

Click here to view the Senate HOPWA appropriations request letter.
Click here to view the Dear Colleague letter from Senators Durbin and Smith.

HOPWA Letter Co-Signers
(*Sponsors)

Akaka, Daniel (D-HI)
Bayh, Evan (D-IN)
Biden, Joseph (D-DE)
Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM)
Boxer, Barbara (D-CA)
Brown, Sherrod (D-OH)
Cantwell, Maria (D-WA)
Cardin, Benjamin (D-MD)
Casey, Robert (D-PA)
Clinton, Hillary (D-NY)
Coleman, Norm (R-MN)
Collins, Susan (R-ME)
Durbin, Richard* (D-IL)
Feingold, Russ (D-WI)
Inouye, Daniel (D-HI)
Kennedy, Edward (D-MA)
Kerry, John (D-MA)
Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
Landrieu, Mary (D-LA)
Leahy, Patrick (D-VT)
Levin, Carl (D-MI)
Lieberman, Joseph (I-CT)
Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR)
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
Mikulski, Barbara (D-MD)
Obama, Barack (D-IL)
Reed, Jack (D-RI)
Salazar, Ken (D-CO)
Sanders, Bernie (I-VT)
Schumer, Chuck (D-NY)
Smith, Gordon (R-OR)
Snowe, Olympia (R-ME)
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI)
Tester, Jon (D-MT)
Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)
Wyden, Ron (D-OR)
Baucus, Max (D-MT)

Did your Senator sign last year's letter? Click here to find out!

View the House HOPWA Letter.
Go to NAHC's Advocacy Page.