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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
GNOInfo.com (formerly Louisiana Rebuilds)
(Separate Website)
Community resources and information.
After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home
(Separate Website)
Learn how to avoid ripoffs and scam artists.
By: Federal Trade Commission
Appealing Your Flood Insurance Claim
(Separate Website)
From FloodSmart.gov.
By: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program
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 Assistance Programs for Families
(Separate Website)
Information and resources about disaster help for farmers, from the United States Department of Agriculture - Farm Service Agency.
By: USDA - Farm Service Agency
Disaster Assistance Web Site -- FEMA Announcement
(Separate Website)
See FEMA's information about www.DisasterAssistance.gov, a site where people can go to find out about and register for disaster help from the federal government.
By: FEMA
Disaster Checklists Make sure you have these items handy before disaster strikes.
By: Mid-Missouri Legal Services
Disaster Related Fraud Information
(Separate Website)
About price gouging, charity fraud, home repair scams, and more.
By: Louisiana Attorney General
DisasterLegalAid.Org
(Separate Website)
See this site for information and to look for help with disaster legal issues.
By: Legal Services Corp., American Bar Assn., Pro Bono Net
Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc.
(Separate Website)
FLAG is a nonprofit law center dedicated to providing legal services to family farmers and their rural communities in order to help keep family farmers on the land.
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 / Español
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: GNOInfo.com (formerly LouisianaRebuilds.info)
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
How to Get Legal Help/Como Obtener Ayuda Legal
Information in English and Spanish about how to get help from programs that offer free help to qualified people. This slide show has an audio track in Spanish.
Lea aquí para aprender cómo obtener ayuda gratis con problemas legales, ayuda de los programas para las personas de ingresos bajos.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
HUD AND CPSC ISSUE GUIDANCE ON REPAIRING HOMES WITH PROBLEM DRYWALL
(Separate Website)
Information from the government for those struggling to deal with problem drywall in their homes.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Dev./Consumer Product Safety Commission
HUD Housing Resources
(Separate Website)
Gateway to HUD legal information and self-help.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lawyer Referral and Information
(Separate Website)
Here is a link to the Lawyer Referral and Information page from the site of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Here are the individual numbers listed on that site:
Lawyer Referral Numbers
Baton Rouge:
(225)344-9926
Lafayette
(337)237-4700
Lake Charles:
(337)436-3308
New Orleans
(504)561-8828
Shreveport:
(318)222-0720
By: Louisiana State Bar Association
Oil Spill: Fact Sheet: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Legislative Package
(Separate Website)
President Obama wants Congress to pass new laws to help with the oil spll -- find out more here.
By: The White House
Oil Spill: Gulf Coast Claims Facility
(Separate Website)
This is the site for the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, the new group that is processing claims tied to the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster
By: GCCF
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
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Learn how to use this site: click here to hear and see a slide show. En Espanol: oprima aqui.
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