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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
(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 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
For More Information, Read These
Special Needs Housing Program for Homeless 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 -- Applicant's Guide to the Individuals & Households Program
(Separate Website)
See this FEMA guide to getting help after a disaster.
By: FEMA
Read this in:
Korean / 한국어
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Spanish / Espaņol
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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Gustav -- FEMA Housing Help for Some Evacuees
(Separate Website)
See this information from FEMA about help for some people forced from their homes by Gustav.
By: FEMA
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 -- HUD Information About FHA Foreclosure Moratorium
(Separate Website)
Read this news from HUD about the FHA foreclosure moratorium in some parts of Louisiana hit by Hurricane Gustav.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Homeless Before Katrina? 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 List of possible housing resources and contact information
By: Advocacy Center
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)
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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Intake Workers: Referrals
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