Housing

Housing Resource Center
Hotline for centralized access to homeless shelter
Also provides mobile outreach to homeless people, financial education, home buying seminars, relocation from inadequate housing, education about home repair,
800 N. Tucker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63101
Homeless hotline 314-802-5444 press 1
Other services: 314-802-5440
ACORN
ACORN Housing is a national non-profit organization that provides free housing counseling with one-on-one mortgage loan counseling and first-time homebuyer classes. Helps clients obtain affordable mortgages through unique lending partnerships.

4304 Manchester
St. Louis, MO 63110
314) 531-6204
- http://acorn.org
Almost Home
Almost Home is a long-term transitional living program for teenage mothers with children who are homeless coming out of extreme poverty, having experienced physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse.
3200 St. Vincent Ave
St Louis, MO 63104
314-771-HOME - www.almosthomestl.org
Beyond Housing
Provides rental housing program, home ownership services, and other community services to low income families.

4156 Manchester Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
314-533-0600 - www.beyondhousing.org
Circle of Concern
Assists families in West and Southwest St Louis County. Provides emergency help with rent, utilites, and other necessities; gives school supplies, scholarships and summer "camperships" to young people and shares the spirit of the Holidays with less fortunate families.

112 St Louis Ave
Valley Park, MO 63088
636-861-2623 - www.circleofconcern.org
Better Family Life
Housing counseling services and down-payment assistance.

724 Union Blvd
St Louis, MO 63108
314-367-3440
- www.betterfamilylife.org
Catholic Services
Assists low-to-moderate income families achieve long-term housing stability and affordable housing. Also assists homeless inidviduals and families with emergency shelter.

4532 Lindell Blvd
St Louis MO 63108 - www.ccstl.org
St Patrick's Center
Housing assistance through several programs including:
Ooperation Independent Housing - this program helps employed individual and their families find and retain market rate housing. Along with living skills training, clients receive housing counseling and 12 months of declining rental subsidies.

Neighborhood Suppor - this prevention program helps families in existing housing to overcome housing crises through utility or rent payments. Clients also receive clothing, food, bus tickets, and household goods.

800 N Tucker
St Louis MO 63101
802-0700 - www.stpatrickcenter.org
Urban League
Provide utility, rental, and mortgage assistance to low-income people in St Louis City and County in Missouri.

3701 Grandel Sq
St Louis, MO 63108

- www.ulstl.org
Covenant House
Provides transitional housing and community service center for youth 17-21.
11 S Newstead
St Louis, MO 63108
Crisis hotline: 314-533-2241 - www.covenanthousemo.org
www.socialserve.com
Free website that allows people to search for all available apartments in St Louis by rent range, zip code, #of rooms, utilities included, and Section 8 status as well as other specifications. - Social Serve
Equal Housing Opportunity Council
The Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council (EHOC) seeks to ensure equal access to housing for all people through education, counseling, investigation and enforcement.
It is a private, not-for-profit fair housing enforcement agency working to end illegal housing discrimination in the Metropolitan St. Louis area. Serves the Missouri counties of St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin, Jefferson, as well as the City of St. Louis; and in the Illinois counties of St. Clair, Madison and Monroe.
1027 South Vandeventer Avenue, Sixth Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-534-5800 / 800-555-3951 - http://stlouis.missouri.org - Everything You Need to Know about Reasonable Accommodations
Housing Authority
The St. Louis Housing Authority is a Federally funded agency operating independently of city government, which administers low and moderate income Public Housing Programs for the City of St. Louis.
314-531-4770
Section 8 Waiting List
314-286-4361
St. Louis County Housing Authority
314-428-3200
Youth in Need
Emergency shelter for youth ages 10-18
Transitional Living for youth ages 16-21
Youthworks program: GED classes, life skills education, counseling and job placement for ages 16-21.
Headquarters:
The Scheidegger Family
Youth In Need Center
1815 Boone's Lick Road
St. Charles, MO 63301
Crisis Hotline: 636-946-5600
314-351-5510 - www.youthinneed.org
***Energy Assistance***
Community Action Agency of St Louis County
Several housing programs for homeless and low-to-moderate income families throughout St Louis County.

2709 Woodson
St Louis, MO 63144
314-863-0015 - www.caasstlc.org
LIHEAP
Helps low-income people pay heating bills through energy assistance grants.
1-800-392-1261
Link below lists resources for assistance with weatherization/energy efficiency and emergency charitable energy assistance. - www.liheap.ncat.org
***Lead***
St Louis Lead Prevention Coalition
The coalition is a diverse group of individual and public and private organizations working together to reduce and eliminate lead exposure in the St. Louis metro area, especially among children.
Website contains links to educational sites about lead poisoning, lead clean-up, testing, and more.
2256 S. Grand, 2nd Floor South
St. Louis, MO 63104
314-664-9922
- www.leadprevention.org
National Lead Information Clearinghouse
Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on many issues related to lead exposure prevention and treatment.
1-800-424-LEAD - www.epa.gov/lead
CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Resources for parents and health professionals. Includes surveillance data statistics. - www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/lead.htm