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Buying a Home
Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
(Separate Website)
A private, non-profit civil rights organization established in the summer of 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area.
By: gnofairhousing.org
High energy bills? See these LIHEAP resources.
(Separate Website)
Learn more about programs to help low-income people save on energy bills.
By: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Homeownership Information Center
(Separate Website)
This website gives lots of information about finding and buying a home, including credit counseling, applying for a loan, and making the purchase. It will also help you find a lender in your area.
By: Ginnie Mae
Housing and Consumer Information for Seniors
(Separate Website)
HUD webpage with lots of information to help you keep your home, find an apartment, protect yourself from fraud, and more.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Housing Assistance Council
(Separate Website)
The Housing Assistance Council has been helping local organizations build affordable homes in rural America since 1971 by emphasizing local solutions, empowerment of the poor, reduced dependence and self-help strategies. HAC especially focuses on high-need groups and regions.
How much home can you afford? Online Calculator
(Separate Website)
See this online calculator to help you find out what sort of home price and home loan you may be able to afford.
By: Ginnie Mae
Hud Information for Louisiana
(Separate Website)
This is the Louisiana page of the national HUD site, with information and resources for renters, buyers and others with housing issues.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies
(Separate Website)
List of housing counseling agencies in Louisiana, from HUD's website.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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:
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
LIHEAP -- Help with High Energy Bills
Find out more about getting help with high energy bills, including services to help you save energy.
By: US HHS and Louisiana Low Income Energy Programs
Other Formats:
Separate Website
National Low Income Housing Coalition
(Separate Website)
NLIHC is dedicated to ending America?s affordable housing crisis. NLIHC focuses its advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households, by emphasizing preservation, production, public housing, vouchers and related services.
By: nlihc.org
New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network
(Separate Website)
Looking for your local neighborhood association or other neighborhood information? This site may help.
By: NPN
Rebuild Healthy Homes -- Safe Rehabilitation of Hurricane-Damaged Homes
(Separate Website)
This guide has information about how to inspect, clean up, and fix your home after a hurricane.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Social Services -- Claiborne Parish
(Separate Website)
Directory of social services available in Claiborne Parish
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(Separate Website)
Website of the federal housing agency.
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
USDA -- Rural Development
See this site to find government resources to help people in rural parts of Louisiana, including information about rural housing programs.
By: USDA
Cenla Guide to Human Services
(Separate Website)
Searchable online database of social services agencies in central Louisiana.
By: United Way of Central Louisiana
Center for Responsible Lending
(Separate Website)
CFL fights to stop predatory lending through legislative and policy advocacy, coalition-building, litigation and industry research.
Homeless Help - Providence House
(Separate Website)
Click the link to find out more about Shreveport's Providence House, a "residential development center for homeless families with children, providing comprehensive support services for improving the family structure and moving the family into independent living to break the homeless cycle."
By: Providence House
Homeless Shelters in Louisiana
(Separate Website)
Link to state government website where you can search for a shelter by city.
By: La. Department of Children & Family Services
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