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Are you homeless or at threat of homelessness?

Contact an organization in your regional community who can assist.

Find Homeless Assistance

Local agencies provide a range of services, consisting of food, housing, health, and safety. Contact a nationwide hotline or find a near you. If you are experiencing a deadly emergency, please dial 911.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers the most updated information on COVID-19. View updates from CDC on the CDC Coronavirus site.

Housing Assistance

Contact a housing counseling firm in your area or call 800-569-4287.

Homeless Housing Help

- Contact a homeless company in your neighborhood.

Find regional community advancement and cost effective housing contacts.
Search justshelter.org to find neighborhood companies working to preserve budget-friendly housing, avoid eviction, and lower family homelessness.

Renters: Find a Budget Friendly Unit

- Find cost effective rental housing near you.
Find HIV/AIDS housing and services near you.
Find State Housing Finance Agencies with cost effective rental residential or commercial properties.
Find subsidized systems in rural locations.
Find economical systems in residential or commercial properties supported by tax credits.

Renters: Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

- Find details about occupant rights and duties.
Find renter rights by state.
View state laws regarding down payment.
View ten suggestions for occupants.
View the Move-In/Move-Out Inspection Form.

Homeowners

- Look for a HUD home to purchase on HUDhomestore.com.
Get support with home improvements.
Find assistance to avoid foreclosure near you or call the Making Home Affordable hotline 888-995-4673.

Fair Housing

- File a housing discrimination problem.
File a Housing Choice Voucher complaint by calling 1-800-955-2232 or sending an email to Public Housing's Customer Service at HUD-PIHRC@tngusa.net.

Food

- Find your regional Food Bank.
Request WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Benefits.
Request SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Benefits.

Learn more about other readily available food programs.

Health and Safety

- Locate a Health Center near you, including Health Care for the Homeless Programs.
Locate a Diaper Bank near you that distributes diapers to households in need. Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Hotline: 1-800-662-4357 for personal, complimentary, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, info service, in English and Spanish, for people and relative facing psychological health and/or compound use conditions. This service supplies recommendations to regional treatment facilities, support system, and community-based companies.
Locate Behavioral Health Treatment Services near you, consisting of drug abuse, psychological health, and veteran services.
Locate Early Serious Mental Disorder Treatment near you, consisting of evidence-based programs supplying medication, therapy, household and peer support, and other help for those seeking treatment for a recent beginning of serious mental disorder such as psychosis, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, and other conditions. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 is offered 24/7 to confidentially offer therapy services at a crisis center in your location.
Locate HIV/AIDS care services near you. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 is offered 24/7 to talk in complete confidence with anyone experiencing domestic violence, looking for resources or info, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship. Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 is offered 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing child abuse, seeking resources or details, and recommendations to thousands of emergency situation, social service, and assistance resources. RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656- 4673 is offered 24/7 to talk confidentially with anyone experiencing sexual violence and in need of crisis assistance. National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929 offers assistance to at-risk youth and their families 24 hr a day through phone, e-mail, and live chat.
Locate a Runaway and Homeless Youth Program near you for emergency situation shelter, transitional living program, or street outreach program for runaway or homeless youth. National Human Trafficking Resource Center: 1-888-373-7888 is offered 24/7 to confidentially provide help to victims of human trafficking.

Disasters

Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 offers crisis counseling and support to individuals experiencing emotional distress associated to natural or human-caused catastrophes.
Visit a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) to talk with someone personally for guidance or info. To find a center near you, use the DRC Locator or text DRC and your postal code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: DRC 01234. (Standard text message rates apply.).
Look for open shelters near you by texting SHELTER and your zip code to 4FEMA (43362 ). Example: Shelter 01234. (Standard text rates apply.).
Locate the nearest shelter or find your local Red Cross.
Find your closest hospital, utilize the U.S. Hospital Finder.
Make an application for assistance on DisasterAssistance.gov. - Search on FEMA.gov for current details on Presidentially declared disasters and discover how to get assistance.
Visit Ready.gov for comprehensive assistance on how to get ready for emergencies and disasters.
Visit Project Porchlight to access free financial recovery therapy and customized support for catastrophe survivors under a foundation-assisted grant program, offered by Finance International (MMI), a HUD-Approved Housing Counseling company.

Employment and Job Training

- DOL's Employment and Training Helpline: 1-877-872-5627 offers details for task seekers, employees, and companies on employment and training. Workforce Development Board Locator supplies local job centers where task applicants can get employment information, discover profession advancement training opportunities and connect to different programs in their location.
The American Job Center Finder supplies regional job centers that help job applicants find tasks, training, and respond to other work related concerns.
DOL's Employment Training page provides a short-term training finder, an education and training finder, an Accreditation Finder, links to Apprenticeship programs, financial aid, and a lot more. Welfare Finder supplies details about filing for unemployment advantages by state. Job Corps Helpline: 1-800-733-5627 provides info about this education and training program that helps youths find out a profession, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a great job.
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Veterans

Help for Homeless Veterans Helpline: 1-877-424-3838 provides 24/7 access to VA's services for homeless and at-risk Veterans. Veteran's Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 is available 24/7 to talk confidentially with veterans in crisis (and their households and pals). Veterans.gov offers work opportunities for veterans consisting of task posts, regional profession centers, and online self-assessments.
Locate a VA Medical Center for medical care.
Locate a Community Resource and Referral Center near you that offers Veterans who are homeless and at risk of homelessness with one-stop access to community-based, multiagency services to promote long-term housing, health and psychological health care, career advancement and access to VA and non-VA advantages.