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Louisiana Housing Search
http://www.lahousingsearch.org/
Louisiana Housing Search is a free service to list & locate affordable housing or special-needs housing.
Search online or call 1-877-428-8844 from 9am to 8pm Monday through Friday.
Properties are being added daily. Property owners are encouraged to list affordable housing on this site. more
UNITY Housing Locater
http://www.unityhousinglink.org
This online housing locater includes rentals at or below 80% of fair market rental prices. Go to www.unityhousinglink.org
Craigslist New Orleans
http://neworleans.craigslist.org/
A listing of jobs, housing, household items, vehicles and more for rent and for sale in the New Orleans area
Family Resources of New Orleans
http://familyresourcesofno.org/
Family Resources of New Orleans aims to enable and empower families to become self-sufficient by providing resources to help families obtain housing, secure employment and consider entrepreneurship as a career option.
Visit the website for more information or call 504-822-8519 in New Orleans or 985-785-0570 in Boutte.
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Disaster Housing Resources
http://www.dhronline.org/chooseState.cfm
A website to assist disaster victims in finding housing.
FEMA Housing Assistance Information
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/hurricane/2005katrina/katrinahousing.shtm
Information on housing assistance from FEMA.
HUD Disaster Victim Hotline
For housing assistance call 888-297-8685, 7 am to 8 pm daily.
HANO Voucher Program - Become a Homeowner
HANO offers a program in which Section 8 vouchers can be used to purchase a home.
Participants must become financially fit, be a first-time homeowner, be employed for at least a year, satisfactorily complete HANO's pre-assistance homeownership and housing counseling program, attend post-purchase counseling and monthly homebuyer club meetings, and earn an annual salary of at least $10,300. For more information call Audrey Williams, lead case manager in HANO's Homeownership Department, at (504) 670-3428.
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Shared Housing of New Orleans
http://sharedhousingofneworleans.org/home
The Shared Housing of New Orleans program matches people seeking places to live with homeowners who do not want to move to nursing homes and need companions.
Visit the website or call (504) 896-2575.
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FEMA Funds Relocation Of Displaced Residents
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=42830
Applicants displaced from their primary residence in a disaster-declared area as a result of Katrina are eligible for up to $4,000 in relocation expenses incurred between August 29, 2005 and August 31, 2008. The deadline is August 31, 2008.
Visit the FEMA website for a full list of eligibility requirements or call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362). To prevent duplication of benefits, an applicant is only eligible to receive relocation assistance under either Hurricane Katrina (DR-1603-LA) or Hurricane Rita (DR-1607-LA), not both. more
LFRC Trailer Transition HEF Program
http://www.recoverycorps.org/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=54&pnid=23&pid=65&fmid=0&catid=0&elid=0
Residents in select FEMA trailer communities that meet certain eligibility requirements and that are well-positioned to sustain a household once leaving the trailer community can receive up to $1,500 in assistance for rental deposits and payments; utility deposits; and the purchase of basic furniture and appliances such as a bed, stove, washer, dryer and refrigerator.
Visit the LFRC website for a list of qualifying trailer parks or call 1-800-333-3104 to verify eligibility and make an appointment.
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New Orleans Fair Market Rent History
http://www.gnocdc.org/reports/fair_market_rents.html
Fair Market Rents are estimates of rental prices including utilities.
Since the hurricane, rent has gone up considerable, as indicated by the chart linked here, compiled by GNOCDC.
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Bringing Louisiana Renters Home: An Evaluation of the 2006-2007 Gulf Opportunity Zone Rental Housing Restoration Program
http://www.policylink.org/Communities/Louisiana/documents/LRHC.pdf
This report, produced by PolicyLink, discusses the current state of rental housing in hurricane-affected areas.
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