Rental assistance near you in your community.
Find rental assistance programs that are available in local communities, and most likely near you. Charities, churches, and government organizations may offer various forms of help. Most regions have a number of rent relief programs that focus on stopping evictions or rehousing the homeless. There will often be grant money to pay back rent or a security deposit or moving costs, or free lawyers that help stop an eviction. Select
- link below to a local city, state, or county rental assistance program that may be near you and the contact information is on those local pages.
The funding will be limited. However, some of the programs that offer help near you with rent may offer immediate, same day assistance. But that will be rare. The categories of local rental assistance, with links to more resources, include the following.
Links to national programs that offer local rental assistance
List of city, county and state rent assistance programs If you need additional help in finding resources in your community, please e-mail us. Be sure to include your state/county as a significant amount of local rent assistance programs are offered local level. The email .
Links to national programs that offer local rental assistance
There will be different types of local housing or rent assistance programs available as well . Low-income families, those with an eviction letter (or close to it) will find all or some of the resources available. There may also be rent relief near you focused on helping veterans, single moms, senior citizens or disabled people. There are some national non-profits or charities (or government agencies) that focus on single parents . They also operate local rental or security deposit assistance programs as well. They include the United Way, Shared Housing, or Homeless Prevention Hotline. Look here for apartments for single mothers . Free pro-bono law firms , or volunteer attorneys, help tenants with an eviction notice. They can also represent low income families or the elderly in housing court and help them apply for government rent relief programs. Find a tenant lawyer to stop evictions in your community . First month’s rent or security deposit assistance is offered by many organizations. This financial help as well as money for last months rental payments will be offered often near you as well by many of the same local agencies or charities. Get help in your community with a security deposit . Free emergency hotel or motel room vouchers are often part of rental relief. Many local cities and towns offer a voucher when homeless shelters are full. This is combined with other rent, housing, and case management services and look here for a free hotel voucher for tonight near where you live . Subsidized housing and income-based rental homes, namely from section 8 housing choice vouchers, are for low-income families. They help families or single people pay rent based on their income and look here for local section 8 housing vouchers . Often part of local housing programs are rent free homes or apartments . In general, these are only for people with zero savings and income, such as a women facing DV or someone with a medical issue. Look here for rent free apartments near you . Local county and city governments, as well as charities and churches that may be near you, all try to help low income renters prevent an eviction . Get rent help to keep a home, apartment, or housing unit. Last minute, immediate rent assistance as well as other solutions near you are offered. Find help near you with an eviction notice . Another goal of most communities is to keep the tenant housed into an affordable apartment or house , as trying to “re-house” a family is often more expensive for both the local government as well as family. This also includes low income housing without a waiting list near you Local landlords offer rent relief to tenants with low credit scores too. Many of these programs, including homes to lease, are run in partnership with the government. There will often be private rental homes for rent near you with no credit check and that are income based as well. A list of local rent assistance programs are below. As organizations in your area will help struggling families. There are other resources that low-income families can explore for rent assistance near where they live. HUD has a resource locator that combines federal resources with local benefits. There is also a phone number at 202-708-1112 which can offer other customer support and applications to organizations in each city that help people who are renting a property.
Local rental assistance programs in your community
Find a city, county or state local rent assistance program that will be near you below. As noted, there will be a number of charities, lawyers, government or non-profit organizations that assist with housing needs. Some of the rent help will be focused on certain types of tenants, such as the disabled or single mothers or veterans.
Baldwin County
Birmingham and Jefferson County
Blount, DeKalb and Jackson County
Hunstsville and Madison County
Lee County
Marshall County
Mobile County
Montgomery County
Shelby County
Tuscaloosa County
Arizona Bisbee and Cochise Mesa
Mohave County
Phoenix and Maricopa County
Prescott and Yavapai County
Tucson and Pima County
Arkansas Fayetteville, Washington and Benton County
Fort Smith and Sebastian County
Little Rock and Pulaski County
Bakersfield and Kern County
Butte County
Contra Costa County
Fresno County
Los Angeles County
Long Beach
Marin County
Merced County
Monterey County
Napa County
Oakland and Alameda County
Orange County
Placer County
Sacramento City and County
San Bernardino County
San Francisco City and County
San Diego County
San Joaquin County
San Luis Obispo County
San Mateo County
Santa Barbara County
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County
Shasta and Tehama County
Solano County
Sonoma County
Stanlius County
Tulare County
Ventura County
Yolo County
Adams County
Arapahoe County
Boulder
Colorado Springs and El Paso County
Denver City and County
Fort Collins and Lancaster County
Jefferson County
Connecticut Fairfield County and Bridgeport City area
Hartford City and County
New Haven County
New London County
Windham County
Alachua County
Brevard County
Broward County
Charlotte and DeSoto County
Citrus County and Hernando County
Escambia and Santa Rosa County
Highlands County
Hillsborough County
Jacksonville and Duval County
Lake County
Lee County
Leon County
Manatee County
Marion County
Miami and Dade County
Naples and Collier County
Okaloosa and Walton County
Orlando and Orange County
Osceola County
Palm Beach County
Panama City and Bay County
Pasco County
Polk County
Sarasota County
Seminole County
St. Petersburg and Pinellas County
Sumter County
Volusia County
Athens and Clarke County
Atlanta and Fulton County
Bibb and Houston County
Carroll County
Clayton County
Cobb County
Columbia County
Dekalb County
Douglas County
Fayette and Cowetta County
Glynn County
Gwinnett County
Henry County
Lowndes County
Paulding County
Savannah and Chatham County
Walton and Newton County
Honolulu County
Boise and Ada County
Canyon County
Kootenai County
Champaign and Vermilion County
Danville and Vermilion County
Dupage County
Kane County
Kankakee County
Lake County
Madison County
McHenry County
McLean County
Peoria County
Sangamon County
Will County
Winnebago County
Allen County
Clark County
Indianapolis and Marion County
Lake County
Monroe and Lawrence County
Porter County
St. Joseph County
Ames County
Des Moines and Polk County
Linn County
Woodbury County
Douglas County
Olathe and Johnson County
Sedgwick County
Hardin County
Kenton and Campbell County
Lexington and Fayette County
Louisville and Jefferson County
Madison County
Ascension Parish
Baton Rouge
Calcasieu Parish
Jefferson Parish
Lafayette Parish
Livingston Parish
New Orleans
Ouachita Parish
Rapides Parish
Shreveport, Bossier and Caddo Parrish St. Tammany Parish
Penobscot County
Portland and Cumberland County
Anne Arundel County
Columbia and Howard County
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County Massachusetts Boston
Essex County
Middlesex County
Norfolk County
Plymouth County
Springfield and Hampden County
Worcester County
Allegan and Van Buren County
Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County
Berrien County
Detroit and Wayne County
Eaton and Calhoun County
Flint and Genesee County
Grand Rapids and Kent County
Ingham County
Jackson County
Kalamazoo County
Macomb County
Midland County
Monroe and Lenawee County
Oakland County
Ottawa County
Saginaw County
Anoka County
Minneapolis and Hennepin County
Ramsey County
Rochester and Olmsted County
Scott County
Stearns and Sherburne County
Stillwater and Washington County
Charlotte County
Desoto and Tate County
Forrest and Lamar County
Harrison County
Jackson and Hinds County
Bolivar, Coahoma, Sunflower and Washington County
Jefferson County
Kansas City
Platte County
Springfield St. Charles County St. Louis City and County
Omaha and Douglas County
Las Vegas and Clark County
Reno and Washoe County
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
New Jersey
Bergen County
Burlington County
Camden County
Jersey City and Hudson County
Middlesex County
Monmouth County
Morris County
Newark and Essex County
Ocean County
Passaic County
Somerset County
Trenton and Mercer County
Union County
New Mexico
Albuquerque and Bernalillo County
Santa Fe County
San Juan County
New York
Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer County
Buffalo and Erie County
Binghamton and Broome County
Chemung and Steuben County
Jefferson and St. Lawrence County area
Monroe County
Nassau County
New York City
(all boroughs) Brooklyn organizations Queens focused
Staten Island
focused
Niagara County
Oneida County
Onondaga County
Ontario, Wayne and Seneca County
Orange County
Oswego and Lewis County
area Plattsburgh, Clinton and Essex County
Rockland County
Saratoga County
Suffolk County
Ulster County
Westchester County
North Carolina
Asheboro and Randolph County
Asheville and Buncombe County
Cabarrus County
Davidson County
Durham Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson County
Fayetteville and Cumberland County
Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, and Warren County
Gaston County
Greenville and Pitt County
Guilford County
Henderson County
Hickory and Catawba County
Iredell, Rowan, and Davie County
Raleigh and Wake County
Wicomico County
Wilmington and New Hanover County
Winston Salem and Forsyth County
Akron and Summit County
Allen County
Butler County
Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Clermont County
Cleveland and Cuyahoga County
Columbus and Franklin County
Dayton and Montgomery County
Fairfield County
Greene County
Lake County
Licking County
Lorain County
Mahoning and Trumbull County
Medina County
Muskingum County
Portage County
Richland County
Springfield and Clark County
Stark County
Toledo and Lucas County
Tuscarawas County
Warren County
Wayne County
Wood and Hancock County
Cleveland County
Oklahoma City and County
Tulsa County
Clackamas County
Deschutes and Linn County
Douglas County
Eugene and Lane County
Hillsboro and Washington County
Jackson and Josephine County
Salem and Marion County
Berks County
Blair County
Bucks County
Butler County
Cambria County
Chester County
Cumberland County
Delaware County
Erie County
Franklin County
Harrisburg and Dauphin County
Indiana and Armstrong County
Lancaster County
Lebanon County
Lehigh County
Luzerne County
Lycoming County
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Northampton County
Philadelphia City and County
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Schuylkill County
Scranton and Lackawanna Pennsylvania
Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne County
Westmoreland County
York County
Rhode Island
Providence County and City
Washington County
South Carolina
Anderson County
Beaufort County
Charleston County
Dorchester County
Florence County
Greenville County
Horry County
Laurens County
Lexington County
Orangeburg County
Pickens County
Richland County
Spartanburg County
York County
South Dakota
Blount County
Chattanooga and Hamilton County
Cleveland and Rutherford County
Columbia and Maury County
Knoxville and Knox County
Memphis and Shelby County
Nashville and Davidson County
Rutherford County
Sullivan County
Sumner County
Williamson County
Wilson County
Amarillo and Potter County
Austin and Travis County
Bastrop County
Bell County
Brazoria County
Brownsville and Cameron
Collin County
Comal County
Coryell County
Corpus Christi and Nueces County
Dallas City and County
Denton County
El Paso City and County
Ellis County
Fort Bend County
Guadalupe County
Galveston County
Hays County
Hidalgo County
Houston and Harris County
Jefferson County
Kaufman County
Lubbock County
Midland County
Montgomery County
Navarro County
Odessa and Ector County
Parker County
Randall County
San Antonio and Bexar County
Rockwall County
Smith and Gregg County
Tarrant County
Waco and McLennan County
Webb County
Williamson County
Wichita County
Davis County
Provo and Utah County
Salt Lake City and County
Virgina Arlington and Alexandria
Chesterfield County
Fairfax County
Hampton Roads
Henrico County
Loudoun County
Lynchburg Manassas
Roanoke and Montgomery County
Stafford County
Virginia Beach
Benton County
Everett and Snohomish County
Kitsap County
Seattle and King County
Spokane County
Tacoma and Pierce County
Thurston County
Vancouver and Clark County
Yakima and Benton County
Washington DC
Washington DC - District of Columbia
West Virginia
Cabell County
Charleston and Kanawha County
Wood County
Dodge County
Green Bay and Brown County
Kenosha County
Madison and Dane County
Marathon County
Milwaukee County and City
Outagamie County
Racine County
Waukesha and Washington County
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