Useful Links

Use these useful websites to learn more about self help housing, charitable organizations, home decorating and home maintenance.

Mutual Self Help Housing Organizations Serving Other Areas

• Housing Hope - helps families build their own homes in Snohomish County.
• Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority - helps families build their own homes in Kitsap County.
• Lower Columbia Community Action Council - helps families build their own homes in Clark, Cowlitz, Skamania, Wahkiakum, Lewis and Pacific Counties.

Additional Housing Information

• Enjoy the rewards of mutual self help housing.

  Habitat for Humanity - volunteers help the very poor
  build adequate housing.
• HUD's resources for people with disabilities
• Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program or Section 184 Loan Guarantee Program - provides information for lenders, Tribes, Indian Housing Authorities, Native Americans, and Alaskan Natives on how a home may be purchased, rehabilitated, or constructed in Native lands by using the Section 184 Indian Loan Guarantee Program.
• Rebuilding Together, Inc. (formerly Christmas in April) - preserves and revitalizes low income houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, including the elderly, disabled and families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence.
• USDA Rural Development - provides the majority of the funding for Northwest Housing Development clients who build homes.
• Washington State's Homechoice Program - is a down payment assistance second mortgage program for people with disabilities.

Credit Management Resources

• Credit Management Resources Help Consumers With Their Credit.

  www.debtadvice.org - is designed to help consumers understand the wise use of credit.
• The National Foundation for Credit Counseling, Inc. - is the oldest and largest membership organization for consumer credit counseling agencies.
  

Washington State Government Resources

• Guide to Washington State and Local Government on the Net - lists website links to just about every Washington State government website.

Home Decorating & Maintenance

• Home and Garden TV - is a creative and inspiring source of information on how to decorate your home and landscape your yard.
• Home Depot - home and yard improvement information and products.
• Lowes - home and yard improvement information and products.

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