I've attached linkes to two recent news articles about the delays HIV/AIDS sufferers face accessing the benefits they are entitled to. The organsation under attack? HASA- the HIV/AIDS Services Administration.
The first article tells the story of Annelle Herring, facing eviction and attending housing court on her own.
"Despite her success in court, Herring, who pays 54 percent of her income in rent, said she will continue to struggle to make ends meet."
http://www.citylimits.org/news/articles/4200/aids-patients-battle-city-bureaucracy/2
The second article describes "chronic delays in access to housing and an increasing number of HIV-positive New Yorkers stacked up in Single Room Occupancy units rather than living in long-term housing."
http://www.housingworks.org/blogs/detail/report-reveals-incomplete-picture-of-hasa/
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