OTHER HOUSING RESOURCES

Affordable Home Ownership Programs

American Youthworks/Casa Verde

1901 East Ben White phone: 916-6230 Newly built housing at an affordable price for low to moderate income families

American Youthworks/Casa Verde

6 East 4th St. phone: 472-3395 Newly built housing at an affordable price for low to moderate income families

NAACP

1701 East 1st St. phone: 476-6230 Credit repair, home ownership classes, counseling and low-interest rate loans through a bank partner

Credit Counseling

Consumer Credit Counseling Service (north)

1106 Clayton Ln., Ste.200W phone: 447-0711 One-on-one counseling for credit cards, household bills, etc.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service (south)

4818 E. Ben White, Ste. 101 phone: 697-0875 One-on-one counseling for credit cards, household bills, etc.

Emergency Housing and Basic Needs Assistance

Austin Resource Center for the Homeless

400 Nueces phone: 305-4100 Shelter with beds for men.  Daytime resources center includes showers, laundry facilities, phones, mailboxes and various classes

Casa Marienella

821 Gunter St. phone: 385-5571 Emergency housing for Spanish-speaking people.  Offers some employment services, English classes and men’s clothing.

Posada Esperanza

Provides shelter for Spanish-speaking women with children.  Calls should be made to Casa Marienella.

Vincare Services/St. Louise House

phone: 320-0711; 444-4262 offers transitional housing for single women and their children

Government-Run Housing Agencies

Austin Housing Authority

phone: 477-4488

City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development

505 Barton Springs Rd., Ste. 600, 6th Floor phone: 974-3100 Deposit assistance for first-time homebuyers and repair program

Round Rock Housing Authority

phone: 255-9159

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

phone: 475-3993 1st time homebuyer program

Travis County Housing Authority/Human Services

2200 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. phone: 480-8245

Information and Referrals

2-1-1 Texas

phone: 211 or 512 973 9203 or www.unitedwaycapitalarea.org/gethelp A service of United Way Capitol Area.  Information and referrels for a wide range of services from many agencies.  This is the best number to call if you don’t know exactly which agency you need.

Other Helpful Numbers

Austin Tenant’s Council

1619 E Cesar Chavez St. phone: 474-1961 Rental repair assistance program

Legal Aid for the Homeless

400 Nueces phone: 476-4383

Legal Aid of Central Texas – Texas Rural Legal Aid

2201 Post Rd. phone: 447-7707

Safe Place Battered Women’s Shelter

phone: 267-SAFE

Salvation Army

E. 8th St. phone: 476-1111

Rent and Utility Assistance

Baptist Community Center

2000 East 2nd St. phone: 478-7243 Long-term case management for homeless individuals and families.  Will assist with only past-due bills for rent and utilities.  Soup kitchen from 11:00-12:30

Caritas

611 Neches phone: 472-4135

Catholic Churches of Austin

908 San Jacinto Blvd. phone: 476-3750 Will refer calls to proper area church for assistance.  Limited hours.

Contact your local church for various assistant programs

Greater Mt. Zion Church

1809 Pennsylvania Ave. phone: 469-9020 Community Assistance and Referral Ministry

St. Ignatius Church (St. Vincent de Paul office)

phone: 442-0226 Food pantry, emergency rent and utility assistance

Repairs

Austin Area Urban League, Housing Department

1828 East 38 ½ St. phone: 478-7176 Provides emergency/crisis home repair including plumbing and roofing (1-year waiting list), electrical and heating repairs. Participants must own and occupy a home within city limits and have an income below 80% of the median. Free.

Hands on Housing

phone: 386-9145