Info on Rent Assistance

Written by Elizabeth on June 19, 2008 – 1:43 am -

Do you need help paying your rent? Right now, you are so not alone in that. The price of gas is driving up the price of groceries and other goods and services, everything is getting more expensive, but paychecks aren’t rising as well for most people. If you are really in a bind, you can get rent assistance and there are several options to consider:

* Housing Choice Voucher Program ( Section 8 ) – find your own place and use the voucher to pay for all or part of the rent. To apply, contact a public housing agency.
* Privately owned subsidized housing - HUD, for example, helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants. You can apply for this type of assistance directly with the rental offices.
* Public Housing - affordable apartments for low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities. To apply, contact a public housing agency.

RentAssistance.us is a very basic, easy to use website that shows you what programs are available in your State to look for help paying rent. I searched in Michigan and found two in the Metro Detroit area and two in the Upper Peninsula. The site is free to search which gets you the address and phone number of each agency. If you want to get agency email addresses and web addresses, you register for the site, which is also free. Please take advantage of this free site if you or someone you know needs help with rent assistance.


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