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Provides referrals and general information regarding housing. Offers counseling regarding home ownership, negotiations between tenants/landlords and housing grievance complaints, eviction prevention, housing publications, assistance in obtaining rental subsidies, and housing court assistance.

* Provides individual living skills, referrals to counseling, treatment programs, and other community services. Also offers on-site outreach services by other community organizations.* Provides food pantry referrals.* Offers eviction/rent/mortgage assistance.* Provides utility gas and electric bill payment assistance.* Provides assistance with filling out DHS, SSI, SSD applications.* Provides updated housing list for apartments.* Provides assistance with transportation, daily bus passes.* Provides information to another community organization to obtain beds and used/refurbished appliances.

Provides information, assistance, referrals and services to ensure the rights of older adults, including prevention of abuse and neglect, assistance with consumer fraud and scams, and assistance with advance directives (wills, health care proxies and powers of attorney).

Provides assistance in locating affordable housing to individuals dealing with chronic or life-threatening diseases.

* Provides rental assistance under Section 8 Rental Assistance Program for income eligible families, security deposit loans to low-income families in Cayuga County, apartment listings, owner/renter counseling to prevent eviction, working with owners to upgrade their rental properties, and SRO for Women.

* Provides confidential mediation and conflict resolution services. Divorce mediation and Arbitration Child custody and visitation Community mediation for quality of life issues, e.g. neighbor disputes, small claims, contractor, homeowner, landlord/tenant Restorative justice Special education mediation Vehicle lemon law Commercial arbitration Training - Conflict resolution, employee disputes, peer mediation for schools

Offers qualifying seniors, who are on a fixed income, and are renters, an exemption or partial exemption from rent increases.

Offers assistance in communicating with tenants and landlords to resolve different issues. Assists tenants in filing complaints with the White Plains Building Department and NYS Division of Housing when necessary.

Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

Provides a service, in collaboration with 2 other agencies (My Sisters' Place and Westchester Hispanic Coalition) to offer free legal services for poverty level residents or those who are victims of domestic violence for consumer disputes, housing, education, benefits, domestic violence, orders of protection, custody, child support, family law, including citizenship applications, work authorizations or other immigration issues.

The Housing programs help people with a variety of housing goals and needs. For some clients, keeping their home and avoiding foreclosure is a challenge. We can help via our foreclosure prevention counseling, where we look for programs that help people keep their homes. Others may be preparing to buy a home for the first time, and we can help them too with our pre-purchase counseling and Essentials for Buying your First Home program. We also offer reverse mortgage counseling, rental counseling, and a few other services, programs, and educational opportunities.

Provides information and services in the following areas: General Information; Landlord Tenant Unit; Personal And Real Property Section and Income Execution Section. Call for detailed information.

Legal problems handled involve basic needs such as housing, health care, food and income. Focus is on entitlement programs such as public assistance, Medicaid, food stamps and SSI as well as on housing problems involving evictions, foreclosure and poor housing conditions. Specialized units include Mental Health Law Project, SSI/Disability Advocacy Project, Domestic Violence Project, Pro-Bono Project, HIV Advocacy, disability discrimination, adult home advocacy, veterans. senior citizens, and homecare advocacy.

Provides housing assistance in various ways, such as landlord and tenant mediation, eviction prevention, and relocation. In addition, maintain and update apartment listings in Westchester County.

Lawyers provide free civil (non-criminal) advice, counseling, advocacy, and representation to low-income individual clients/groups.

Provides free legal counseling and representation for low-income individuals who need assistance in civil cases including government benefits, senior legal services, federal tax issue, unemployment insurance, disability, housing landlord/tenant, family law matters, and consumers issues.

Offers rent control for individuals with disabilities and who have qualified for SSDI, SSI, Disability Pension or Compensation by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Provides assistance to individuals and families facing eviction. Intervention between landlord and tenant and information about both parties' rights and responsibilities is offered.

* Provides confidential mediation and conflict resolution services. Divorce mediation and Arbitration Child custody and visitation Community mediation for quality of life issues, e.g. neighbor disputes, small claims, contractor, homeowner, landlord/tenant Restorative justice Special education mediation Vehicle lemon law Commercial arbitration Training - Conflict resolution, employee disputes, peer mediation for schools

* Offers neighborhood and housing development services.* Home improvement for minor repairs to low-income homeowners, seniors and persons with disabilities.* Consumer education.* Provides landlord and tenant mediation referrals.* Member of the Rochester Healthy Homes Partnership Member Organization.

Provides a program designed to help homeowners remain in their homes by preventing and/or delaying foreclosure. Cases covered include mortgage foreclosure, tax foreclosures, and tenants being evicted due to foreclosure.

Assists in locating housing, linking people to public assistance, rental subsidies and financial assistance, advocating with landlords, and assisting in conflict resolution.

Provides assistance in obtaining services, referrals and advocacy related to evictions, utility issues and other emergency needs.

Provides free legal counseling and representation for low-income individuals who need assistance in civil cases including government benefits, senior legal services, federal tax issue, unemployment insurance, disability, housing landlord/tenant, family law matters, and consumers issues.