Please excuss me and no offence is meant at all, but I was wondering if someone could explain houseing in America to me? For instance, if someone can't work or is on an income that means they can't aford to buy their own home is their any goverment rental housing available? Also, say if somone was in an abusive house living with family and had mental health problems would there be any agencies that would help find that person and maybe their partner a home that they could afford? Thanks for any help and excuss if I have not worded it correctly but I hope you can understand what I'm badly trying to ask!
2007-10-24 05:18:40 · 5 answers · asked by Eye see! 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I'm sorry I should have said, I'm from Britain and I ask for someone else not my self. Sory for the mistake.
2007-10-24 05:26:01 · update #1
This is not an offensive question at all. You should try agencies in your area by accessing them either online or in the yellow pages. You can also contact Social Services and they may be able to assist. The gov have so many programs which are unknown to the public. I am very sure that someone will be able to assist you.
2007-10-24 05:23:34 · answer #1 · answered by sthrnsfnst 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is subsidized housing available all over the United States. You can contact your Health and Human Services department for a list... many times they offer them, or have knowledge of where to obtain listings.
You can also do a yahoo search on SUBSIDIZED HOUSING for YOUR CITY and YOUR STATE.
There is also a Federal Grant program called Section 8, which helps people who are low income, disabled or mentally handicapped. You can do a yahoo search on this program, also. If you apply for Section 8, realize it takes a while to be approved, and sometimes applications are only being accepted certain times of the year.
take care.
2007-10-24 05:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by letterstoheather 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They need to go to their community mental health organization, their local church, Catholic Human services, there is a lot of information in the local telephone book.
2007-10-24 07:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's plenty of it available to those who qualify. If someone states otherwise it's because they are ignorant. I work for a medical organization and in a homeless clinic. They have housing. We probably have more mentally unstable people than any other country.
2007-10-24 05:23:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They definitly do, you would want to contact the state office of mental health for housing options.
2007-10-24 06:44:28 · answer #5 · answered by lisa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋