Housing & Shelter

Rainbow Village helps families with children who are homeless or about to lose their housing. They give families a safe place to live for up to two years, plus support like case management, life-skills classes, counseling, job and money coaching, and after-school programs for the kids. The goal is to help each family become stable and find permanent housing.

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The Homeownership Urban Blueprint (The HUB) is a free online portal run by the Urban League of Greater Atlanta that helps people of color buy and keep a home. It connects you with HUD-approved homebuyer classes, one-on-one housing counselors, credit-building help, and down payment assistance programs. It's part of the Wells Fargo WORTH initiative working to create thousands of new homeowners across metro Atlanta.

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Georgia Dream is a state program run by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs that helps people buy their first home. It offers affordable 30-year fixed-rate mortgages plus a no-interest loan to help cover the down payment and closing costs. You also take a homebuyer education class, and you apply through one of their approved local lenders.

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The Housing Help Center is the City of Atlanta's official one-stop housing resource office. Staff (called navigators) help Atlanta residents find and keep safe, affordable housing by connecting them to rental and utility assistance, eviction prevention, legal aid, code enforcement help, emergency relocation, and homeownership programs. You can fill out an intake form online, call, or visit their downtown office near Five Points MARTA.

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Atlanta Habitat for Humanity helps lower-income families in Atlanta and South Fulton County build, buy, and keep safe homes. Their Repair with Kindness program gives qualified homeowners up to $20,000 in critical home repairs through a 5-year forgivable loan, and they also run homebuyer programs and ReStore home-goods shops.

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House Proud Atlanta is a nonprofit that makes free, no-cost home repairs for low-income seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who own their homes. They fix things like roofs, heating and cooling units, porches, wheelchair ramps, and handrails so people can stay safely in their homes. The work is done by licensed contractors and volunteers at no charge to the homeowner.

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Gwinnett/Walton Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit that helps low-income families in Gwinnett and Walton Counties get and keep safe, affordable homes. They build new houses for first-time homebuyers, make free repairs and accessibility upgrades for homeowners who can't do them, and run a ReStore that sells donated building materials to fund the work.

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This is the Atlanta VA's program for Veterans who are homeless or about to lose their housing. They help with shelter and permanent housing, mental health and substance use treatment, medical and dental care, jobs, and help getting back on your feet after jail. You can call the free National Call Center for Homeless Veterans any time, day or night.

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The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (now becoming "In Safe Company") helps people in DeKalb County who are facing domestic violence or sexual assault. They run a 24-hour crisis hotline, a confidential emergency safe house, counseling and support groups, legal help with protective orders, and programs for children and elders. All services are free and confidential, and the agency welcomes everyone, including LGBTQ+ survivors.

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Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is a long-running Atlanta nonprofit that helps people who are being hurt or threatened by a partner or family member. They run a free, 24-hour crisis line and offer safe emergency shelter, counseling, safety planning, legal advocacy, support groups, and help moving into stable housing. Call any time to talk to someone and get help making a plan to stay safe.

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HOPE Atlanta (the programs of Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta) is one of the oldest homeless-services agencies in metro Atlanta. They help people who are homeless or about to lose their housing with street outreach, case management, rent and utility help, and housing placement. They run special programs for veterans and their families and for people living with HIV/AIDS. (Note: this record is filed under the name 'Atlanta Recovery Center,' but the website, phone, and address all belong to HOPE Atlanta — a different organization.)

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Southern Crescent Veteran Services is a veteran-run nonprofit in Stockbridge, GA that helps veterans and their families facing financial or emotional hardship. They offer temporary help with rent, mortgage, and utilities, plus job assistance, housing support, and benefits/claims help, and they run a program for homeless veterans. They mainly serve the Southern Crescent area south of Atlanta.

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This is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which helps veterans with a service-connected disability pay to buy, build, or modify a home so they can live more independently. Through Specially Adapted Housing (SAH), Special Home Adaptation (SHA), and Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) grants, the VA can cover things like wheelchair ramps, widened doorways, and roll-in showers. The Atlanta Regional Office at 1700 Clairmont Road in Decatur helps local veterans apply for these and other VA benefits.

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Ezekiel's Valley is a faith-based residential recovery ministry in Atlanta, founded in 1997, that helps adult men who are homeless or living with HIV/AIDS and recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. Residents get a furnished place to live, meals, drug screening, 12-step and life-skills classes, and help finding a job. The program asks for a commitment to long-term recovery, usually at least a six-month stay.

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Veterans Center, Inc. is a nonprofit and HUD-approved housing counseling agency that helps veterans, their families, and low-income community members find and keep safe housing. They offer free homebuyer classes, foreclosure and rental counseling, senior home repair, fair housing help, rent and mortgage assistance, and job training. Their goal is to help people reach housing stability and financial self-sufficiency.

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Relief Foundation for Veterans is a nonprofit that helps veterans and their families understand and access the VA benefits and support they have earned. They assist with housing, jobs, disability paperwork, transportation, mental health, service dogs, and more, mostly by phone and online. Their main office is in Palm Desert, California, but they help veterans nationwide through a toll-free hotline.

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Veterans Empowerment Organization (VEO) is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps U.S. veterans who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes. They offer emergency and long-term housing, mental health and addiction care, counseling, rental help, and job training to get veterans back on their feet. They welcome veterans regardless of past drug use or criminal record.

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