AIDS Alabama provides a wide array of services to help people maintain healthy, independent lives.
AIDS Alabama offers several housing options for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families as well as people who are homeless regardless of their HIV status. We believe that stable, affordable housing is a vital component in halting the spread of HIV.
AIDS Alabama offers the following housing programs for individuals and families:
The Rectory is for homeless single adults who are living with HIV, have a substance abuse diagnosis, and actively participating in our LIBCAP program.
AIDS Alabama’s JASPER House is a communal living residential facility for adults living with HIV and a diagnosis of a serious mental illness
Our Agape, Agape II, and Magnolia Place (Mobile, AL) programs are rental units operating as permanent housing. This program is designed for individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within HUD very
Our Family Places program is housing for families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
AIDS Alabama’s Mustard Seed and Neighborhood Stabilization Housing are three one-bedroom apartments and two houses with more than one bedroom. Participants must have income and pay utilities. This program is designed for individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within HUD
AIDS Alabama’s Le Project is rental housing operating as permanent supportive housing designed for chronically homeless consumers with HIV and meet HUD
This program is a Housing First, rapid re-housing program that serves individuals and families coming directly from the streets or emergency shelter. Participants must be assessed and referred by the Continuum of Care, One Roof (205) 254-8833. Rapid Re-Housing offers the ability to quickly move clients into stable housing coupled with strong case management to increase income and access to mainstream benefits. We believe that by offering supportive services such as counseling, assistance in accessing mainstream resources, legal assistance, mentoring, educational services, basic life skills training, and employment assistance, we offer clients tools needed to achieve personal growth and responsibility. Once housing and personal stability
AIDS Alabama’s Ascension Project is a Housing First, rapid re-housing program targeting youth 19–24 with an emphasis on those who self-identify as LGBTQ. Participants must be assessed and referred by the Continuum of Care, One Roof (205) 254-8833. While the Ascension Project has time limits on housing, we believe that by offering culturally appropriate
AIDS Alabama offers short-term emergency mortgage and rental assistance to individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within HUD low-income limits to help retain housing and who have a HUD-approved emergency.
AIDS Alabama also offers emergency housing assistance to individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within 300% of the Federal Poverty Level who have a qualified emergency. This assistance pays for emergency hotel costs pending permanent housing placement and some rents to help avoid homelessness.
AIDS Alabama offers on-going rental assistance based on tenant paying 30% of adjusted gross income. This service is available to individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within HUD low-income limits to help retain housing on a longer-term basis.
AIDS Alabama’s Alabama Rural AIDS Project (ARAP) is permanent supportive housing operated by AIDS Alabama in rural areas for individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within HUD low-income limits.
AIDS Alabama’s Shelter Plus Care program houses individuals and families with a qualifying HIV positive member living within HUD low-income limits through the Jefferson County Housing Authority. Participants must be able to meet Jefferson County Housing Authority regulations, have no felony convictions, pass a credit check, show six months of negative drug screens, and stay in medical and case management compliance.
If you are in need of HIV housing or HIV housing assistance, please complete this form so that we can contact you to see if you qualify for any of our housing programs. You may also call our main office at 205-324-9822 to speak with your AIDS Alabama social worker. If you are not a current consumer of AIDS Alabama’s services but wish to be assigned to a social worker or case manager, please call our main office at 205-324-9822 and ask to speak with our lead main office social worker, Felicia Owens.
If you are homeless and in need of permanent housing, regardless of HIV status, please contact One Roof at 205-254-8833.