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“My Biggest Fear Isn’t AIDS, It’s Being Evicted From My Rent-Controlled Unit”

With the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment hovering around $3500 per month by latest estimates, housing is a top concern for many San Francisco residents, but especially so for those whose long personal histories tie them to the city—such as long-term survivors living with HIV.

Published
13 January 2016
From
BETA blog
Money, benefits and housing
Worlds Apart: Vast Disparities In Treatment Separate Americans With HIV

HIV/AIDS activists and physicians now emphasize the socioeconomic barriers that keep some people living with HIV from consistently obtaining and using antiretroviral drugs to remain healthy. Addressing patients’ social and economic challenges is complicated and not reimbursable.

Published
04 January 2016
From
Kaiser Health News
Money, benefits and housing
As people with HIV live longer, life insurance companies see a new market

Now that people with HIV are living longer, thanks to medical and public health advances, life insurers are taking notice. Prudential Financial Inc., one of the nation's largest life insurers, and HIV-AIDS specialist Aequalis, are joining forces to offer "standard plans that are the same as those offered to any other customer."

Published
03 December 2015
From
San Francisco Business Times
Money, benefits and housing
Nearly three-quarters of providers offer HIV cover

None of the UK’s major life assurance providers offer income protection or critical illness cover to those who are HIV positive.

Published
28 October 2015
From
FT Adviser
Money, benefits and housing
The humanitarian crisis within our borders

Asylum destitution in the UK can be prevented, as can the illness it causes. Write to your MP about why the cut to family asylum support must be reversed.

Published
24 September 2015
From
NAT
Ageing and HIV
Top five concerns people with HIV have about ageing: Scotland

Through the Positive Persons' Forum and other initiatives, many people with HIV in Scotland have made it clear that they are very concerned about growing older with HIV. We have set out some of these concerns in the infographic below (or view it as a plain online image). The top 5 concerns were confidentiality, the effects of HIV medication, drug interactions, Financial stability and ignorance and stigma.

Published
12 August 2015
From
HIV Scotland-
Money, benefits and housing
Budget: Osborne scraps WRAG as part of £13 billion-a-year benefit cuts

The government is to slash financial support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people on out-of-work benefits, as part of measures that will cut £13 billion-a-year from the social security budget by 2020-21.

Published
13 July 2015
From
Disability News Service
Money, benefits and housing
Cameron fails to rule out cuts to disability benefits

David Cameron has declined to rule out cuts to disability benefits as part of George Osborne’s planned £12bn welfare savings to be outlined this year.

Published
05 June 2015
From
The Guardian
Money, benefits and housing
Tories must now come clean about where their £12bn of welfare cuts will be made

A controversial option would be to pare benefits for the disabled. Taxing disability living allowance, personal independence payments and attendance allowance would save about £1.5bn. But Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne hinted during the election that the most vulnerable would be protected, and hitting the disabled would hardly chime with “compassionate Conservatism”.

Published
15 May 2015
From
The Independent
Money, benefits and housing
Iain Duncan Smith privileged to serve in Conservative-only cabinet and finish the job of welfare reform

The Chingford and Woodford Green MP's re-appointment as Work and Pensions Secretary was among the first to be announced today by David Cameron. His welfare reforms have brought sharp criticism from opposition parties, campaigners and charities, who say they push people further into poverty.

Published
12 May 2015
From
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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