The AIDS Housing Alliance Mission Statement

Whereas, the AIDS Housing Alliance (AHA) recognizes that decent, safe and affordable housing is a basic human right and a necessity of life, and

Whereas, AHA realizes that this is particularly true for persons living with HIV / AIDS especially in the presence of other conditions or diagnosis which might include poverty, mental illness, drug addiction, or other physical debility.

Therefore, let it be known that,

The AIDS Housing Alliance is formed as a nonprofit organization and exists solely to provide housing and/or support services that prevent homelessness among people living with AIDS or HIV related illnesses.

In so doing, AHA is committed to the following:

• Housing and care that enhances the dignity and independence of all participants,
  
  
• A holistic client centered approach, biased towards quality of life, which includes the individual in decision making,
  
  
• A perspective that takes into account the emotional and psychosocial condition of the individual,
  
  
• An approach that is sensitive to individual differences and preferences within a culturally diverse client population whose diversity may be based on any of the following (singly or in combination): race, nationality, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, ability, belief system, or any other social identity characteristics,
  
  
• Advocacy on behalf of clients, both as individuals and as a group, with other service providers and on funding and legislative issues,
  
• A care-team approach, which values interdisciplinary input and provides a measure of quality control,
  
  
• Measuring outcomes as an evaluation tool,
  
  
• Selection and utilization of collaborative partners who have expertise that AHA does not have, and that does not need to be reinvented,
  
  
• Collaborations that leverage resources in a cost-effective manner and increase chances of survival in a shifting economic and political climate,
  
  
• Cooperation with other providers and consumers in developing and addressing needs assessments and the continuum of care.