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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
Construction Liens and How to Avoid Them
(Separate Website)
See this informaiton about construction liens and what you can do to avoid them.
By: Louisiana Rebuilds
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
FEMA Begins Referring Families to HUD for Temporary Disaster Housing Program
(Separate Website)
See this information from FEMA about DHAP-IKE.
By: FEMA
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
Free or Low-Cost Rebuilding Help
(Separate Website)
Some organizations offer people free construction material, volunteer labor or other rebuilding help. Here is a list of places that may be able to help people rehabilitate or rebuild damaged or destroyed homes.
By: LouisianaRebuilds.info
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)
Gustav and Ike Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program has been Extended For Eligible Applicants In Texas And Louisiana
(Separate Website)
Important October 2008 information about extended housing help for some survivors of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
By: FEMA
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 Information about DHAP-IKE (Disaster Housing Assistance Program)
(Separate Website)
Here are updates from HUD about the Disaster Housing Assistance Program for some survivors of Hurricane Ike and Gustav (DHAP_IKE).
By: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD: Don't be a victim of loan fraud!
(Separate Website)
Find out from HUD how you can help protect yourself from loan fraud, including predatory lenders who may prey on the elderly, low-income people and others.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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: FEMA Extends "Transitional Sheltering Initiative"
(Separate Website)
Click on the link to see FEMA's information about its "Transitional Sheltering Initiative" for Louisiana survivors of Hurricane Ike.
By: FEMA
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