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Public resources to locate vacant housing:
I. Louisiana Housing Finance Agency Homes:
The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency locator
service allows people to locate available
housing that best fits their individual and
family needs. The service can be accessed online
24 hours a day and is supported by a toll-free,
bilingual call center M-F, 9-6 EST. Individuals
can easily search for housing using a wide
variety of search criteria with special mapping
features and receive apartment listings that
provide a multitude of important information
about each unit. In addition, the site connects
people to other housing resources through
website links and provides helpful tools for
renters such as an affordability calculator,
rental checklist, and renter rights and
responsibilities information.
II. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Homes:
 "Helping Homeowners Keep Their Homes"
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level. Contact HUD at: Telephone: (202) 708-1112 TTY: (202) 708-1455.
Connect to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at:
http://www.hud.gov/homes/homesforsale.cfm
HUD's National Housing Locator System:
HUD’s NHL is a response to lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and related disasters. It complements HUD’s proven housing and emergency disaster voucher programs and is designed to be a single, Internet-based web site that will assist individuals and families in finding rental housing in a Presidential-declared or local disaster.
Connect to HUD's National Housing Locator System at: https://hudapps.hud.gov/nhls/
III. Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA):
FEMA
REMINDS LANDLORDS TO REGISTER RENTAL RESOURCES
Displaced residents should
search database for available rental units
NEW ORLEANS – The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) continues to search for housing
throughout Louisiana to help families transition from travel
trailers to more suitable housing.
Over
24,820 households affected by Katrina and Rita within
Louisiana continue to reside in FEMA travel trailers and
mobile homes. More than 10,000 FEMA temporary housing
residents were Louisiana renters prior to the disaster and
will likely return to a rental unit.
FEMA
encourages both landlords with available rental property and
displaced applicants looking for housing to call the FEMA
Louisiana Rental Resources Department at 1-888-294-2822.
FEMA representatives are available from Monday to
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to assist callers with listing
their available rentals or with locating affordable rentals
near school or work.
Read more...
FEMA Homes - Housing Portal:
Housing Portal consolidates rental resources for evacuees identified by federal agencies, private organizations, and individuals.
For general questions about FEMA Housing Resources contact FEMA at:
Telephone: 1 (800) 621-FEMA (3362) TDD: TTY users can dial 1 (800) 462-7585 to use the Federal Relay Service.
Connect to the FEMA Homes site at:
https://asd.fema.gov/inter/hportal/home.htm
Private and Commercial resources to locate vacant housing:
I. Move, Inc.: Find apartments, homes for rent or other rental properties.
Move, Inc., the leader in online real estate, is the essential resource for consumers seeking the information and connections they need before, during and after a move.
For the last ten years, Move has been providing information and decision support tools for consumers looking for home and real estate-related information on the Internet. Visitors to Move's Web sites, including Move.com and REALTOR.com®, have access to the most comprehensive selection of existing homes for sale, new homes, apartments for rent and senior housing. Read more...
For general questions about Move, Inc. contact the corporate headquarters at:
Phone (805) 557-2300, Fax (805) 557-2680 or contact them by clicking on Contact Us.
Connect to the Move, Inc. site at: http://www.move.com/apartments/main.aspx
II. Senior HousingNet: Find senior housing for yourself or someone you love.
Visit SeniorHousingNet™ at http://www.seniorhousingnet.com/seniors/ to find independent and assisted living facilities, nursing homes, retirement communities, and other elderly care ...
For more information, contact SeniorHousingNet today at 888-525-2546 or send an email to advertise@SeniorHousingNet.com.
III. rentBits: Find Rentals quick and simple.
rentBits is a search engine for rental listings. rentBits offers a consumer search experience that is simple, fast and comprehensive. The rentBits index includes hundreds of thousands of single family home, condo and apartment for rent listings from major rental sites, associations and property management websites - and it continues to crawl new rental listings every day!
For more information, contact rentBits today at 720.895.1947 (phone)/866.261.9189 (Phax).
Connect to rentBits site at http://rentbits.com/rb/s/rentals-louisiana
List of resources for Hurricane Katrina survivors to find temporary
housing:
I. Housing Connections: There are many available units listed in Housing Connections!
Housing Connections is a web-based community service that is intended to better connect providers of housing and housing services to renters who are looking for these types of housing opportunities. The goal of Housing Connections is to provide access to up-to-date housing information with user-friendly tools. These tools are customized for the following user groups: renters, landlords and property managers, and housing agency staff that help people find and keep housing.
Housing Connections staff is available to answer additional questions you may have about the site. We can be contacted at staff@housingconnections.org Landlords (503) 823-4141 or Renters (503) 802-8562.
Connect to the Housing Connections site at: http://www.housingconnections.org/
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