Housing assistance in Philadelphia?
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there is housing assistance in EVERY state............wuts ur question?
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Contact the local chapter of the Red Cross or St Vincent De Paul Society or the Salvation Army, ASAP.  Most of these organizations can assist you in finding emergency housing based on your situation.  Good Luck and God Bless!
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I dont know if this will be any help,but when my brother was stationed in D.C. he was given a housing allowance which he said covered his house rental.Maybe you will qaulify for the same thing. Hope everthing works out for you.
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look into the hud programs:\n\nhttp://www.hud.gov/\n\nIn the at your service section there is section 8 for renting and buying a hud home and hud approved lenders.\n\nIf you don't have ajob then you won't be able to buy a place, if you do then you might be able to get a place for cheap.\n\nIf you can get a place that needs work start going to a large church and ask the pastor if there are any people in the church willing to come help fix it up and you can get your own "habitat for humanity" crew.
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look up the website www.co.essex.nj.us  that is the county website, look for the welfare dept or the housing authority they can link you to the right people
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I used to live in the Hamtramck Housing in Michigan with my mom.  It's near Detroit and is very affordable. Here's the info:  Phone: (313)868-7445\n       Fax: (313)868-0521 2620 Holbrook Street \n                           Hamtramck, MI 48212  Low-Rent  \nCheck it out.  I hope it works for you.
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Depending were your from and such try look for up a salvation army, or look in the phone book under shelters.  \nTry calling \n\nThe Metro Shelter Hotline operates through a toll-free number, 1-888-234-1329, to link homeless callers to shelter information, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Callers will then access specific information about shelter and transitional housing programs in the counties from which they are calling. The hotline helps ensure that up-to-date information is available to homeless persons quickly and easily\n\nwomen shelter- 24 Hour Hotline:  (702) 564-3227
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christmas in april is a national organization that does what you need, and based upon my experience you are the type of organization they look favorably upon\nneighborhood housing in the other national org that may be able to help.\nin sacramento their number is 916 4525356. call them for a national organization number.\nthen see if their is an NHS in your area.
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Contact the Housing Authority in your state/county.
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Yes, I would.  Contact your local Housing Authority to look for housing assistance.
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It really depends on what you're looking for.  There are four counties surrounding Philadelphia plus New Jersey across the river.  \n\n1. Delaware County: Just south of the city.  Has the best deals on houses of the four counties.  A 3 bedroom single can be found for under $200K.  Very accessible to center city via the SEPTA regional rail.  Some parts are just a 20 minute drive to Center City Philadelphia.  Good schools and okay taxes.  Some of the safer/affordable areas that I'm familiar with are Norwood, Glenolden, Brookhaven, Drexel Hill, Aldan, Aston.  Avoid Chester, Morton, Darby, Essington and some parts of Landsdowne. There's a slightly higher concentration of people per square mile in DelCo but I've found neighborhoods to be much more close knit because of this.  We bought a home in Delaware County after moving from Philadelphia.  We love it!  \n\n2. Bucks County: This is north of the city and pretty expensive.  You'll have trouble finding a good home for under $300K.  However, it's very spread out and safe.  Doylestown is still within commuting distance of Center City and a nice area.  So is Feasterville, Trevose, Bensalem and those parts of lower Bucks County.  I would avoid Bristol.\n\n3. Montgomery County: I think I heard this is the richest county in the state.  It's just west of Philadelphia.  I don't know too much about it but have heard that East and West Norriton are nice affordable areas.  Avoid Norristown though.\n\n4. Chester County: I know even less about this one.  Sorry. :-(\n\nIf you go over to New Jersey you'll be paying $3 in tolls to come to Philly.  But I know there are some good deals over there.  You might want to post a seperate question about that and see who answers.  Also, craigslist discussion forums were helpful to me when I was searching for a home/area to move to.\n\nGood luck!
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You poor thing. Have you called a lawyer? Remember most lawyers will answer your first question over the phone free. I do not think that you would have to leave. Because of not being able to make house payments, you may have to find another place to live.\nContact the H.U.D. agency. Since you are homeless, they will have to put you at the top of their list.  Get a list of government housings from H.u.D.  Put a full tank of gas in the car, take the children to grandma's and go put your application in at every government subsidized apartment complex that looks safe. \nThe Salvation Arny and agencies who help the homeless may help to pay your rent. You may have to do the degrading thing and apply for state assistance. They may put you in for emergency help. \nLook up social services  and social service agencies in the yellow pages. Call as many of these agencies as you can even those who you do not think can help you, just call. \nYou are not alone. If you can find support groups in your weekly shoppers guide or newspaper, call and go to those. you may even consider the program for relatives of alcoholics - ala non?, \nYou need so much in so many ways. You must seek God and put you and your children's lives in His hands.
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Find your local housing authority or HUD office.\n\nCheck out the following link:\n\nhttp://www.hud.gov/apps/section8/\n\nIt should assist you in finding subsidized housing until you can get on your feet.
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Not a GOVERNMENT grant, but there are some organizations that give assistance to those who cannot afford to buy homes. Grants are given to non profits, who in turn give assistance to folks like you.\n\nI suggest you check out non profits such as Habitat for Humanity, though I understand their programs include providing for sweat equity (e.g. you need to help construct the house)\n\nAlso visit the Nehemiah Corp as they have a downpayment assistance program for qualified lenders http://www.getdownpayment.com/\n\nThe Housing and Urban Development in their Grants Available page makes it clear that they do not provide grants to individuals -- hence no grants for a person to buy a home http://www.hud.gov/grants/index.cfm\n\n"While HUD does not offer direct grants or loans to individuals, we do work through local governments and non-profit organizations to make financial assistance and counseling available."\n\n You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two FREE sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.\n\nEven if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.\n\nNote though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants. \n\nGrants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs
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Go to Social Services, Salvation Army,and Churches to see if they can help you out. I take it you need rent assistance to find a new place or stay in the place you are in. These resources may help you. Good Luck.
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did you phone fema helpline?  if so, what did they tell you about rental assistance funds?
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Do a Yahoo! search using that phrase or search google or just look up low income apartments on apartmentguide.com...just put in your zipcode and look up apartments for cheap...or just apply for housing assistance thru your local housing authority...