VA offers home loans to Active Duty Service members and Veterans. This also applies to National Guard and Reserve members.

Programs:

• Adapted Housing Grants
• Cash Out Refinance Loans
• Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL)
• Native American Direct Loan (NADL) Program
• Purchase Loans

See their website: http://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/ for more details.

Please call for more information.

VA has several programs for veterans who are homeless. Call or visit the website to learn more information.

National VA Homeless Hotline: 877.424.3838

HUD has resources available that will help to buy, maintain, and keep a home. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Owning a home is a big part of the American Dream. Locate resources through HUD's Florida website to help you buy and maintain your home. You can find HUD homes for sale as well as utility bill assistance. Please call or visit the website to learn more.

This group offers housing programs. These are for military families. There are four different programs. They are designed to help at every stage of their transition into civilian life. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Email: Florida@operationhomefront.org

Programs Available:

Legal Aid Services of Collier County providing Housing Law assistance. They offer a wide range of services designed to assist eligible clients with housing legal issues.

Services include, but not limited:

• Defending unlawful eviction
• Foreclosure defense (including mortgages, HOA, reverse mortgage)
• Assisting Tenants on issues involving security deposits, shut-off of utilities, retention of personal property)
• Assisting tenants impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic
• Mobile home tenancy issues
• Unsafe and uninhabitable living conditions Housing discrimination, including accommodations for those with disabilities
• Senior housing issues (assisted living, nursing homes, eligibility and safety)
• Issues involving public housing, Section 8, Rural Development Housing, and other forms of subsidized housing

Please call or visit website for more information.

The Shelter for Abused Women & Children, Inc. provides Individual, Group and Children's Counseling. Advocates offer counseling to individuals or domestic violence and their children requesting this service. Please call or visit website for more information.

This group runs the Justin’s Place Recovery Program. The program lasts 12 months. It works to combat drug and alcohol abuse. The program is for men and women. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Email: intake@stmatthewshouse.org