Questions and answers about common legal problems.
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Are you from New Orleans Big Four (4) Public Housing?
Read this if you lived in the Lafitte, B.W. Cooper, St. Bernard, and C.J. Peete developments at the time of Hurricane Katrina.
Warning:
These questions and answers were written by Housing Law Unit staff at New Orleans Legal Assistance in December 2007 after getting in touch with HUD, HANO, and other housing advocates.
The facts and rules may have changed since December 2007!
If you have a housing issue call or see a lawyer right away.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Avoiding Foreclosure
(Separate Website)
See this fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with information about what you may be able to do to avoid foreclosure.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Disaster Recovery Housing Programs
(Separate Website)
Housing resource information from Louisiana's Disaster Recovery Unit.
By: Louisiana.gov
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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Early Lease Cancellation--Can I Do It?
When a tenant can get out of his lease early
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Evictions--What Rights Do I Have?
FAQs about tenant's rights and the eviction process.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Facts Sheets on Homelessness
(Separate Website)
Basic facts and issues.
By: Nationalhomeless.org
Flood and Fire Victims' Rights as Tenants
Common questions asked by tenants who suffer flood or fire damage
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
For New Orleans Public Housing Residents Not from the Big Four Warning! New Orleans Legal Assistance Housing Unit staff wrote this sheet in December 2007 and updated it in March 2008. But the facts and rules may have changed since then!
If you have questions about this information or another housing problem call a lawyer! You can find a program that provides free legal services by clicking on the Legal Program Directory on this site. The free legal services program in the New Orleans Area is New Orleans Legal Assistance, at (504) 529-1000.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Gustav -- FEMA Transitional Shelter Information
(Separate Website)
See this information from FEMA about housing help for Gustav evacuees who cannot go back to their homes.
By: FEMA
Gustav -- GNOFHAC Gustav Resource Guide
(Separate Website)
See this guide from GNOFHAC, which has information about many disaster-related issues, like filing an insurance claim, mortgage issues, and dealing with contractors.
By: Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC)
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
Hurricane Ike -- HUD Disaster Assistance
(Separate Website)
See this page with information about what HUD is offering to help survivors of Hurricane Ike.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Hurricane Ike: HUD, FEMA Announce 18-Month Housing Assistance Program for Families Displaced by Hurricane Ike
(Separate Website)
Click to see information from HUD about a rental assistance program for some survivors of Hurricane Ike. Read the entire fact sheet carefully to learn more, including how to apply.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Important Information About FEMA Katrina & Rita Notices See this flyer with important information about notices FEMA sent to people to try to get back some or all of the money paid to survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Just Moved to Louisiana?--How Our Landlord-Tenant Law Is Different
Brief summary of how Louisiana Landlord-Tenant laws are different from other states' laws.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Leases--Common Questions
Get answers here.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Neighbor Problems?
Tenant's remedies for bad neighbors
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
Practical Advice on Housing Law
(Separate Website)
This ABA webpage offers "Practical Law" information on different legal problems, including housing problems such as buying, selling or renting.
By: American Bar Association
Rent
When must your landlord accept late rent? Can you deduct repair costs from rent? Find answers to these and other questions in this article.
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
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