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How to Get Housing Assistance. Housing assistance in the form of public housing and rental offsets
is available for people with low incomes or who are living in a natural disaster area.
Find out how to apply. You will need Housing agency FEMA Housing counselor Pay stubs and
identification and housing assistance application. Step 1. Contact your state or local public
housing agency for information on eligibility and assistance in the form of vouchers, discounts,
and public housing. You may be eligible if you have a low income, are elderly or disabled,
or were displaced by a disaster. Visit the U.S. Department of Housing website at hud.gov.
On the homepage, click on State Info, then click on your state. For instance, if you
live in Texas, select Texas from the drop-down menu under the State Info heading. Step 2.
Contact FEMA at 800-621-FEMA to find out if you are eligible for temporary housing assistance
if you were displaced from your home by a disaster. Step 3. Find out if you can get
help from your state in addition to or instead of federal assistance programs by inquiring
at your local housing agency or speaking to a housing counselor at 800-569-4287. A special
federal fund provides grants to states to assist very low-income elderly and people
with disabilities with housing. Maryland, for instance, was promised $13.5 million under
the program. Step 4. Bring your pay stubs and identification to your meeting with the
housing authority when you apply for housing assistance. Step 5. Fill out an application
for assistance and wait to be notified about your eligibility for Section 8 vouchers for
an apartment rental or other assistance. Did you know The United States Housing Act of
1937 provided federal funding for construction of public housing that came to be known as
the "projects."