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   The Road Home Program (Separate Website)
State website offers homeowners and rental property owners details about the program and tools and resources.
By: Road2la.org
  
   
   Do you have a Road Home Legal or Property Title Problem?
FAQs to help you determine if you may have to fix a legal or title problem to get your Road Home check.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services  

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   Disaster Recovery Housing Programs (Separate Website)
Housing resource information from Louisiana's Disaster Recovery Unit.
By: Louisiana.gov
  
   
   What to Do About Housing Issues Post-Katrina This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page. (Separate Website)
Two page pamphlet that you can copy, print and hand out.
By: ACLU and Southeast La. Legal Services
  
   
   Landlord-Tenant Issues for Hurricane Katrina Victims This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Two-page flyer.
By: Disaster Legal Project of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services  

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   Flood and Fire Victims' Rights as Tenants
Common questions asked by tenants who suffer flood or fire damage
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance  
  
   
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   Special Needs Housing Program for Homeless This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Homeless before Hurricane Katrina, and have special needs?
By: katrinalegalaid.org
  
   
   Housing Justice Network (Separate Website)
HJN focuses on public and subsidized housing, Section 8 assistance, single family housing foreclosures, fair housing, CDBG and HOME programs, the housing programs of the Rural Housing Service, and more
By: National Housing Law Project
  
   
   HUD Housing Resources (Separate Website)
Gateway to HUD legal information and self-help.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
   
   FEMA Trailer Rights
No place to live because of disaster? 1 page flyer on FEMA trailer rights.
By: Disaster Legal Project of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services  

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   Homeless Before Katrina? This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Housing and other help from FEMA.
By: Disaster Legal Project of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services  

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   Housing Assistance from FEMA (Separate Website)
How to apply for emergency shelter; find rental properties; transitional housing.
By: FEMA
  
   
   Housing Information This link opens a PDF file in a new window.  If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
List of possible housing resources and contact information
By: Advocacy Center
  
   
   Louisiana Rebuilds Web Site (Separate Website)
Check out this site, described on its home page as: "LouisianaRebuilds.info was established to be a trusted, online destination for residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing critical information for those who have returned home as well as those who are still displaced."
  
   
 
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