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Other Local Agencies
Here are some other local housing assistance programs if you need immediate housing assistance or don't think Habitat is the right program for you at this time:

OTHER HOUSING RESOURCES

Information and Referrals
• 2-1-1 Texas
 211 or 512 973 9203
 www.211CentralTexas.org 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.
 
Credit Counseling
• Consumer Credit Counseling Service
447-0711     1106 Clayton Ln., Ste.200W (North location)
697-0875     4818 E. Ben White, Ste. 101 (South location)
www.cccs.net
One-on-one counseling for credit cards, household bills, etc.

Rent and Utility Assistance
• Baptist Community Center
 2000 East 2nd St.
 478-7243
• Caritas
472-4135 611 Neches
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
• Catholic Churches of Austin
476-3750 908 San Jacinto Blvd.
Will refer calls to proper area church for assistance.  Limited hours.
• Greater Mt. Zion Church
469-9020 1809 Pennsylvania Ave.
Community Assistance and Referral Ministry
• St. Ignatius Church (St. Vincent de Paul office)
 442-0226
 Food pantry, emergency rent and utility assistance
• Contact your local church for various assistant programs

Emergency Housing and Basic Needs Assistance
• Austin Resource Center for the Homeless
305-4100 400 Nueces
Shelter with beds for men.  Daytime resources center includes showers, laundry facilities, phones, mailboxes and various classes
• Casa Marienella
385-5571 821 Gunter St.
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
 320-0711; 444-4262
 offers transitional housing for single women and their children

Government-Run Housing Agencies
• Austin Housing Authority
 477-4488
• City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development
974-3100 505 Barton Springs Rd., Ste. 600, 6th Floor
Deposit assistance for first-time homebuyers and repair program
• Round Rock Housing Authority
 255-9159
• Travis County Housing Authority/Human Services
480-8245 2200 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
• Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
 475-3993
1st time homebuyer program

Repairs
• Austin Area Urban League, Housing Department
478-7176 1828 East 38 ½ St.
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
 386-9145

Affordable Home Ownership Programs
• American Youthworks/Casa Verde
472-3395 6 East 4th St.
916-6230 1901 East Ben White
Newly built housing at an affordable price for low to moderate income families
• NAACP
476-6230 1701 East 1st St.
Credit repair, home ownership classes, counseling and low-interest rate loans through a bank partner

Other Helpful Numbers
• Austin Tenant’s Council
474-1961 1619 E Cesar Chavez St.
Rental repair assistance program
• Safe Place Battered Women’s Shelter
 267-SAFE P.O. Box 19454
 www.austin-safeplace.org
• Legal Aid of Central Texas – Texas Rural Legal Aid
447-7707 2201 Post Rd.
• Legal Aid for the Homeless
476-4383 400 Nueces
• Salvation Army
 476-1111 E. 8th St.

 

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We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or sources of income.