The Decatur Housing Authority is the public housing agency for the City of Decatur. It runs low-cost apartment communities and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers that help families, seniors, and veterans pay rent. It also offers after-school programs, summer camp, and college scholarships for people who live in its communities.
The Housing Help Center is the City of Atlanta's official housing resource center, and city employees called navigators work there. They help you find rental housing, homeownership help, and groups that can help with eviction, legal aid, utilities, home repairs and 311 code complaints. You ask for an appointment by filling out the intake form on the website.
The Salvation Army Center of Hope is a shelter and housing center at 469 Marietta Street in Atlanta. It offers emergency and transitional housing for homeless men, women, and families with children. It also has a 90-day drug treatment program, help moving into permanent housing, a re-entry program, and a program for veterans.
The Housing Authority of DeKalb County runs the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program and a Project-Based Voucher program. These help eligible low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities pay for housing. Waiting lists open at set times, and you apply online.
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs is a state agency. It runs rental voucher programs, helps people buy homes, and pays for groups that serve people who are homeless. It also helps cities and counties with planning, downtowns, and historic places.
This is the Metro Atlanta Area Command of The Salvation Army. The office is open on weekdays. You can call the main number to ask what help is offered.
AID Atlanta helps people in the Atlanta area who are living with HIV, and it also offers HIV and STI testing. It has medical clinics, a pharmacy, mental health therapy, case managers, and help with housing, bills, and rides.
ARCHI is a group of more than 100 hospitals, nonprofits, and other partners working to make health fairer in metro Atlanta. It runs a single online application for rent, mortgage, and utility help, and a referral network where community health workers connect people to food, housing, and care. It also leads projects on high blood pressure and holds public trainings and events.
Zion Hill CDC is an East Point nonprofit that works to end homelessness and poverty, with a focus on South Fulton. It helps South Fulton residents with rent, mortgage and utility bills, and offers motel stays and rapid rehousing to people who are homeless. It also helps people who qualify get free Kaiser health insurance, and has a 2-1-1 center where you can search for other services.
Another Chance of Atlanta helps people who are hungry or at risk of losing their home, or who have already lost it. It runs a Friday food pantry, housing for homeless disabled veterans, short-stay and transitional housing, and rent and hotel help in some counties. A case manager works with people who are accepted into a program.
This is the Georgia Department of Community Affairs program that gives rent-help vouchers to very low-income people and families. The voucher pays part of the rent straight to a private landlord. DCA also runs special vouchers for people who are homeless, fleeing abuse, veterans, and young adults leaving foster care.
This is the housing voucher office of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). It helps very low income people and families pay rent for homes in the private market. DCA pays part of the rent straight to the landlord. It also runs special vouchers for groups such as young adults leaving foster care, veterans, and people who are homeless.
Another Chance of Atlanta is a nonprofit that helps people find and keep a safe home. It runs a Friday food pantry, rent help, hotel stays, rapid re-housing, housing for disabled veterans, and job and case management support. Case managers work with people who enroll.
Zaban Paradies Center helps couples, families, and single people in Atlanta who have no home or may lose their home. It runs an emergency shelter for couples, gives one-time money help for rent and move-in costs, and holds a free Day Services program on Tuesdays.
Zion Hill CDC is a nonprofit in East Point that works to end homelessness and poverty, mostly in South Fulton. It helps South Fulton residents with rent, mortgage and utility bills, and it offers motel stays and help moving into a home for people without housing. It also helps some people get free Kaiser health coverage, and its office has a place to search the 2-1-1 database for other help.
Housing Plus Inc. is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps low- and moderate-income families stay housed or move into permanent housing. It helps with rent trouble and move-in costs, and it teaches money skills and savings. You start by filling out a form on their website.
The YMCA of Metro Atlanta runs programs for kids, teens, families and adults at many branches across the metro area. These include afterschool care for grades K-5, day and school-break camps, early learning, swim lessons, youth sports, and wellness classes. Financial help is available for families who need it.
I Will Survive, Inc. is a nonprofit led by veterans. It helps military-connected families who are at higher risk for breast cancer or are living with it. Help includes money support such as paying housing costs, wellness workshops, and mentoring with a peer who has been through it.
The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command runs Financial Emergency Services Centers in several metro Atlanta counties. They help people in a money crisis with things like rent, mortgage, utility bills, food, clothing, school supplies, and furniture. You can make an appointment at the center nearest you.
St. Vincent de Paul Georgia is a Catholic charity that has served Georgia since 1903. Its main center in Chamblee has a food pantry, a free pharmacy, and housing programs. For rent, utility and other basic-needs help, you call the assistance line and are sent to the volunteer group in your area.
