Useful Links

Use these helpful websites to learn more about self-help housing, charitable housing 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
• Whatcom-Skagit Housing - helps families build their homes in Whatcom and Skagit Counties
• Home for Islanders - helps families in San Juan County
• Housing Authority of the County of Clallam - helps families in Clallam County
• Community Frameworks - Affordable Housing Solutions for the Northwest

Additional Housing Information

• Access Washington - links to the websites of every Washington State government department and program
• 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 (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 - a down payment assistance and second mortgage program for people with disabilities

Credit Management Resources

• National Foundation for Credit Counseling - the oldest and largest membership organization for consumer credit counseling agencies designed to help consumers understand the wise use of credit

Home Decorating & Maintenance

• Home and Garden Television - 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
• McLendon Hardware - home and yard improvement and products