Resident Resources

Discrimination based on your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, family status, or disability is against the law. 

For more information, please visit HUD's Website.

*Sourced from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• www.hud.gov
• Fair Housing and HUD
• HUD Fair Housing Complaints
• HUD Resource Locator by Location

Local HUD Fair Housing Offices
Jacksonville Field Office
Charles East Bennett Federal Building
400 West Bay Street Suite 1015
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 232-2627
Email: FL_Webmanager@HUD.gov
Online: http://hud.gov/florida

The following organizations MAY be able to assist with some housing needs and household expenses. 

(Please note many of the ministries/organizations listed below have specific zip codes they serve, if possible please visit this site FIRST to see if they service your zip code area)

• Catholic Charities
  • St. Petersburg (727) 893-1314
  • Tampa (813) 631-4370
  • Hudson (352) 523-6958
  • Dade City (352) 521-1218
• Florida Coalition to End Homelessness
• Mid-Florida Homelessness Coalition
  • Citrus, Hernando, Sumter Counties
• Coalition for the Homeless of Pasco County
• Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative
• Homeless Coalition of Polk County
• Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas County
• Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness
  • Manatee and Sarasota Counties
• Heartland Coalition of the Homeless
  • Hardee, Desoto, Highlands
• Tampa Jewish Family Services
• Red Cross of Tampa
  • Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties
• Red Cross of Southwest Florida
  • DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties
• Red Cross of Mid-Florida 
  • Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Polk, and Sumter Counties
• Lutheran Services Central Florida
• Salvation Army Florida 
• 211 Tampa Bay
• United Way of Central Florida
• United Way of Pasco

• Red Cross Heat Wave Safety
• Florida Heat Wave Safety Page
• The CDC's Extreme Heat Safety
• NOAA's National Weather Service Heat Safety

• Resources by County
• Floridadisaster.org
• Floridadisaster.biz
• FEMA 'Are You Ready?' In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
• Red Cross - en Espanol
• Severe Weather Guide
• OSHA's Hurricane Preparedness & Response
• Thunderstorms, Tornadoes & Lightning Preparedness Guide
• The Essential Guide for Hurricane Preparedness

Water Safety Tips from the American Red Cross

• American Red Cross Water Safety
  • Water competency is a way of improving water safety for yourself and those around you through avoiding common dangers, developing fundamental water safety skills to make you safer in and around the water, and knowing how to prevent and respond to drowning emergencies. Water competency has 3 main components: water smarts, swimming skills and helping others (sourced from redcross.org). 
• Swimming Safety Tips
  • Provide close and constant attention to children you are supervising in or near water.
  • Take smart precautions and use layers of protection.
  • Ensure that everyone in the family learns to swim well and what to do in a water emergency.
• Drowning Prevention and Facts
• Remember to always follow pool safety rules and posted signs at your community's pool - it could save your life!