Questions and answers about common legal problems.
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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
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
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
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
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
Your rights and DHAP (Disaster Housing Assistance Program) Brochure describing tenants rights and responsibilities under the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP).
By: New Orleans Legal Assistance