The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program provides housing assistance and related services for low-income persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. Recipients can receive long-term rental assistance, short-term help with rent, mortgage and utility payments and/or the financial support they need to find permanent housing including payment of rental security deposits, first and last month's rent and/or utility connection fees.
MFA works with three organizations to provide HOPWA services throughout the state:
Southwest CARE Center -- Northern Region: Albuquerque, Bernalillo County and Northern New Mexico
El Camino Real Housing Authority -- Southern Region: Southern New Mexico
Southwestern Regional Housing and Community Development Corporation -- Dona Ana County
Income limits vary by county and by the number of people living in the household:
2019 HOPWA Income Limits by Number in Household (80% of AMI)
| Number in Household | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | $36,800 | $42,050 | $47,300 | $52,550 | $56,800 | $61,000 | $65,200 | $69,400 |
| Catron County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Chaves County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Cibola County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Colfax County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Curry County | $30,050 | $34,350 | $38,650 | $42,900 | $46,350 | $49,800 | $53,200 | $56,650 |
| De Baca County | $30,100 | $34,400 | $38,700 | $42,950 | $46,400 | $49,850 | $53,300 | $56,700 |
| Dona Ana County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Eddy County | $40,750 | $46,550 | $52,350 | $58,150 | $62,850 | $67,500 | $72,150 | $76,800 |
| Grant County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Guadalupe County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Harding County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Hidalgo County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Lea County | $36,900 | $42,200 | $47,450 | $52,700 | $56,950 | $61,150 | $65,350 | $69,600 |
| Lincoln County | $30,650 | $35,000 | $39,400 | $43,750 | $47,250 | $50,750 | $54,250 | $57,750 |
| Los Alamos County | $52,850 | $60,400 | $67,950 | $75,500 | $81,550 | $87,600 | $93,650 | $99,700 |
| Luna County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| McKinley County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Mora County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Otero County | $32,400 | $37,000 | $41,650 | $46,250 | $49,950 | $53,650 | $57,350 | $61,050 |
| Quay County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Rio Arriba County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Roosevelt County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Sandoval County | $36,800 | $42,050 | $47,300 | $52,550 | $56,800 | $61,000 | $65,200 | $69,400 |
| San Juan County | $37,050 | $42,350 | $47,650 | $52,900 | $57,150 | $61,400 | $65,600 | $69,850 |
| San Miguel County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Santa Fe County | $41,000 | $46,850 | $52,700 | $58,550 | $63,250 | $67,950 | $72,650 | $77,300 |
| Sierra County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Socorro County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Taos County | $29,750 | $34,000 | $38,250 | $42,500 | $45,900 | $49,300 | $52,700 | $56,100 |
| Torrance County | $36,800 | $42,050 | $47,300 | $52,550 | $56,800 | $61,000 | $65,200 | $69,400 |
| Union County | $30,250 | $34,600 | $38,900 | $43,200 | $46,700 | $50,150 | $53,600 | $57,050 |
| Valencia County | $36,800 | $42,050 | $47,300 | $52,550 | $56,800 | $61,000 | $65,200 | $69,400 |
HOPWA housing assistance is administered through three HUD programs:
• Tenant Based Rental Assistance: Helps low-income families pay their rent.
• Short Term Rent, Mortgage and Utility assistance: Helps individuals and families who are at risk of becoming homeless stay housed by providing rental, mortgage or utility payments and increasing access to supportive services.
• Permanent Housing Placement: Helps unhoused families and individuals move into permanent housing by helping pay for the following:
o Applications fees and credit check expenses
o One-time utility connection fees
o Rental security deposits
o First and last months' rent
If you have been medically diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, are income qualified and are interested in learning more about how HOPWA can help you, please contact the service provider in your area:
Southwest CARE Center
Housing Case Manager – Michael Kargas
505.218.8472
mkargas@southwestcare.org
El Camino Real Housing Authority
HQS Inspection & Section 8 Manager - Geraldine Maldonado
575.835.0196
geraldine@socorrohousing.org
Southwestern Regional Housing and Community Development Corporation
Program Manager – Aziza Espinoza
575.546.4181
aziza@swnm.org
If you have any other program questions, please contact MFA's HOPWA program manager Natalie Michelback:
505.767.2272
nmichelback@housingnm.org
