Housing & Shelter

Special Needs Cobb is a nonprofit in Marietta that helps people with developmental disabilities and their families. They provide resource guidance, respite referrals, educational workshops, and long-term accessible group homes for adults with developmental disabilities.

8 services

Credit Advisors Foundation is a nonprofit credit counseling agency that helps people deal with debt, housing money problems, bankruptcy counseling, and student loans. It offers help by phone and online, including HUD-approved housing counseling for people buying a home, behind on a mortgage, facing foreclosure, or needing rental education.

5 services

Apprisen is a nonprofit financial counseling agency. It helps people make a budget, review debt, improve credit, plan for housing costs, and understand bankruptcy options. Help is available online, by phone, virtually, and at some offices outside Georgia.

11 services

Tallatoona Community Action Partnership, Inc. is a community action agency serving northwest Georgia. It helps low-income households with utility bills, weatherization, Head Start and Early Head Start, case management, job help, GED support, budgeting, and referrals.

11 services

Sweetwater Mission is a nonprofit in Austell that helps families with food, homelessness prevention, education, and job readiness. They run a client-choice food pantry, mobile food distributions, family support services, and work and life skills training.

7 services

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs runs the Housing Choice Voucher program for most Georgia counties. It helps very low-income people and families rent safe homes by paying part of the rent directly to landlords, but its regular tenant-based wait list is currently closed.

9 services

Clifton Sanctuary Ministries is a faith-based Atlanta shelter for men experiencing homelessness. It provides overnight shelter, meals, case management, life skills support, health checks, referrals, and longer transitional housing through Joe's Place.

9 services

Building Homes for Heroes is a national nonprofit that helps injured and disabled veterans and Gold Star families. It builds, renovates, or gives mortgage-free homes and offers support so families can have stable housing.

3 services

The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command is a faith-based nonprofit serving people across metro Atlanta. It helps with food, shelter, rent and utility crises, disaster relief, youth programs, holiday gifts, and support for women leaving sex trafficking.

Pittsburgh13 services

Marietta Housing Authority is a public housing agency in Marietta that helps low-income households get and keep affordable housing. It runs Housing Choice Vouchers, HUD-VASH vouchers for eligible homeless veterans referred by VA, a Family Self-Sufficiency program for voucher participants, and some affordable apartment communities. Its Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed.

9 services

Briarcliff Oaks, Inc. is a nonprofit senior apartment community in Atlanta. It provides 125 one-bedroom apartments for adults age 62 and older, with HUD-funded rent, resident activities, service coordination, computers, a pantry, and weekly shopping trips.

6 services

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is a parish group that helps people and families going through hardship. Members meet with people to decide what help is possible, including help with food, clothing, shelter costs, and transportation costs.

Old Fourth Ward3 services

Credit.org is a nonprofit financial counseling and education agency. It helps people with credit, debt, budgeting, housing counseling, renter education, foreclosure prevention, and homebuyer education by phone, online, and through offices in several states.

13 services

Courage Under Cancer Foundation is an Arizona-based nonprofit that helps Arizona residents who are battling cancer. It gives one-time financial help, paid directly to a company or biller, for needs like rent, utilities, medical bills, medicine, travel to doctor visits, and car costs.

4 services

Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, also called SnapCo, is a Black trans and queer-led group in Atlanta. They build community safety without police and offer programs like emergency mutual aid, record-clearing help, passport and ID support, member safety tools, political education, and community events.

12 services

Myositis Support and Understanding (MSU) is a national patient-led nonprofit for people living with myositis and their care partners. It helps with education, online support groups, advocacy, research opportunities, and a financial assistance program for eligible U.S. patients.

12 services