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Basic Landlord-Tenant Law
Housing and Consumer Information for Seniors
(Separate Website)
HUD webpage with lots of information to help you keep your home, find an apartment, protect yourself from fraud, and more.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Social Services -- Claiborne Parish
(Separate Website)
Directory of social services available in Claiborne Parish
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(Separate Website)
Website of the federal housing agency.
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Buying a Home -- Information from HUD
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet from HUD explains the basic steps involved in buying a home. There are also links to information about programs that can help people who want to buy a home.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater New Orleans
(Separate Website)
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater New Orleans, is a non-profit community service agency dedicated to educating consumers in the wise and proper use of credit, and helping consumers repay excessive debt.
By: cccsgno.org
Energy Saving Tips
(Separate Website)
Here are some ideas for saving money on those electricity and gas bills -- including the gas in your car. This information is from the U.S. Department of Energy, and it talks about ways to cut costs for heating, cooling, lighting, driving and more.
By: U.S. Department of Energy
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
(Separate Website)
A private, non-profit civil rights organization established in the summer of 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area.
By: gnofairhousing.org
Homeownership Information Center
(Separate Website)
This website gives lots of information about finding and buying a home, including credit counseling, applying for a loan, and making the purchase. It will also help you find a lender in your area.
By: Ginnie Mae
Housing and Consumer Information for Seniors
(Separate Website)
HUD webpage with lots of information to help you keep your home, find an apartment, protect yourself from fraud, and more.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
Louisiana Rebuilds
(Separate Website)
Information you need to rebuild your life, your community and Louisiana.
By: larebuilds.info
National Low Income Housing Coalition
(Separate Website)
NLIHC is dedicated to ending America?s affordable housing crisis. NLIHC focuses its advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households, by emphasizing preservation, production, public housing, vouchers and related services.
By: nlihc.org
Rebuild Healthy Homes -- Safe Rehabilitation of Hurricane-Damaged Homes
(Separate Website)
This guide has information about how to inspect, clean up, and fix your home after a hurricane.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Social Services -- Claiborne Parish
(Separate Website)
Directory of social services available in Claiborne Parish
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(Separate Website)
Website of the federal housing agency.
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
What's In My Backyard? Interactive Map on Road Home Site
(Separate Website)
See this interactive map to find information about the recovery in your neighborhood. You can search by zip code or address.
By: Road Home
Homeless Help - Providence House
(Separate Website)
Click the link to find out more about Shreveport's Providence House, a "residential development center for homeless families with children, providing comprehensive support services for improving the family structure and moving the family into independent living to break the homeless cycle."
By: Providence House
Homeless Shelters in Louisiana
(Separate Website)
Link to state government website where you can search for a shelter by city.
By: La. Department of Social Services
Housing and Consumer Information for Seniors
(Separate Website)
HUD webpage with lots of information to help you keep your home, find an apartment, protect yourself from fraud, and more.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
National Coalition for the Homeless
(Separate Website)
The Coalition focuses on four areas: housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil and voting rights, and works in grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships.
By: Nationalhomeless.org
National Low Income Housing Coalition
(Separate Website)
NLIHC is dedicated to ending America?s affordable housing crisis. NLIHC focuses its advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households, by emphasizing preservation, production, public housing, vouchers and related services.
By: nlihc.org
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LawHelp/LA Home
Intake Workers: Referrals
(Separate Website)
