Rental Assistance

Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Program

Administered by the Housing Authority of the County of San Diego.

HOUSING SERVICES

  HOPWA Programs: Please contact provider for eligibility requirements and restrictions. 
  Emergency Housing:

Townspeople  (619) 295-8802

townspeople.org

Provides emergency beds in the form of hotel / motel vouchers for up to 30 nights

  Licensed Residential Care Home:

Fraternity House, Inc. - (760) 736-0292

Provides beds through Michaelle House for consumers who need 24-hour comprehensive care

  Residential/Sober Living Program:

Stepping Stone of SD – (619) 278-0777 www.steppingstonesd.org

Provides beds through Enya House and Alice’s Front House for patients who transition from the residential phase of treatment into a sober living environment.  

  Transitional Group Homes:

St. Vincent de Paul Village, Inc. – Josue Homes (619) 645-6727

Non-hospice provider that provides beds for homeless individuals and families who can take of themselves.

  Permanent Housing:

Community Housing Works - Marisol Apartments - (760) 432-6878, ext. 5506

chworks.org

10 units in Oceanside for consumers and their families. Support services are provided

Community Housing Works - Old Grove Apartments - (760) 432-6878, ext. 5506

chworks.org

4 units in Oceanside for consumers and their families. Support services are provided.

Mariposa Apartments – (760) 744-3758

2 units in San Marcos for consumers and their families

Mercy Gardens – (619) 255-8891

23 units in Hillcrest for consumers and their families

Paseo del Oro Apartments – (760) 471-4867

5 units in San Marcos for consumers and their families

Shadow Hill Apartments – (619) 449-9091

5 units in Santee for consumers and their families

Sierra Vista Apartments – (760) 471-1776

5 units in San Marcos for consumers and their families

South Bay Community Services - La Posada Apartments - (619) 420-3620

12 units in San Ysidro for consumers and their families. Case management and support services are provided.

Sonoma Court Apartments – (760) 745-9314

2 units in Escondido for consumer and their families

Spring Valley Apartments – (619) 741-1032

9 units in Spring Valley for consumers and their families

The Center- Sunburst Apartments – (619) 255-7854, ext. 103

3 units for consumers who are between 18 -24 years of age

Townspeople – 34th Street ,51st Street and Wilson Avenue Apartments - (619) 295-8802

townspeople.org

52 units in San Diego for consumers and their families. Case Management services are provided.

  Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA): 

County of San Diego, Housing and Community Development (HCD)

3989 Ruffin Road, San Diego, CA 92123

Toll free: (877) 478-5478, or (858) 694-4801

sdhcd.org

Program provides rent subsidies/vouchers for up to 130 consumers. Applicants are placed on a waiting list and preference is given to extremely-low-income households with at least one family member having an AIDS diagnosis. Medical and income eligibility are verified when applicants are pulled from the waiting list.

Waitlist application to new applicants is closed as of 2/2/0/2026. If you have already submitted an application(s), this closure does not affect you. You do not need to take any action.  

Support Services

  HOPWA Programs: Please contact provider directly for eligibility requirements and restrictions.
  Moving Services:

Being Alive San Diego - (619) 291-1400

beingalive.org

3940 4th Ave #340, San Diego, CA 92103

Provides consumers with moving services.

  Utility Assistance:

Being Alive San Diego - (619) 291-1400

beingalive.org

3940 4th Ave #340, San Diego, CA 92103

Provides consumers with utility assistance based on eligibility criteria

  HOPWA Nutrition Project (HNP):

Mama’s Kitchen - (619) 233-6262

mamaskitchen.org

HNP provides meal packages through a home meal delivery service to people who are HIV symptomatic or living with AIDS and who are not eligible to receive meals under any other program/project