Legal Aid for Disaster Survivors

Hotline (866) 757-1570

TRLA provides free legal services to low-income disaster survivors facing legal problems such as replacing lost documents, filing appeals when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied aid, and handling insurance claims. Survivors seeking legal aid should call our hotline between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday. TRLA has also posted links, and created fact sheets and videos that explain your legal rights and options as a disaster survivor (see below). 

GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• CDBG-DR State Action Plans

• State Reports on HUD Disaster Recovery Grants

• Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group

• Victoria County Long Term Recovery Group

• Bastrop County Long Term Recovery Group

• Texas VOAD Hurricane Harvey Relief and Recovery Assistance Guide

• Red Cross and CAN List of Non-Governmental Organization Links

• CDBG-DR HUD Webpage

FACTS SHEETS AND VIDEOS

Aid and Financial Assistance

• Food Benefits After Disasters [PDF]

• FEMA Claims [PDF] [Video] | Solicitudes a FEMA [Video]

• About the Zika Virus [PDF]

• Emergency Housing and Other Needs [PDF]

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance [PDF]

• Social Security & SSI After Disasters [PDF]

• FEMA Inspections [PDF] Inspecciones de FEMA [PDF]

Tenants’ Assistance

• General Tenant Rights [PDF] [Video] | Derechos del inquilino [PDF] [Video]

• Lock-Out Threats by Landlords [PDF] | Amenaza de cierre de propietarios [PDF]

• Self-Help Guide for Tenants [PDF]

Homeowners’ Assistance

• Mortgages [Video] | Hipotecas [Video]

• Home Repairs [Video] | Reparación de vivienda[Video]

• Home Repair Scams [PDF] | Fraude de reparación en el hogar [PDF]

• Flood Insurance [PDF] | Seguro contra inundaciones [PDF]

• Homeowner’s insurance [PDF] [Video] | Seguro para propietarios de casa [PDF] [Video]

• Mortgage Payments [PDF] | Pagos de hipoteca [PDF]

• Casualty Loss Deductions [PDF] | Deducciones por pérdidas [PDF]

• Property Loss Claims [PDF] | Reclamaciones de pérdida de propiedad[PDF]

• Property Taxes [PDF] | Impuestos de propiedad[PDF]

General Assistance

• Workers Rights [PDF] [Video] | Derechos de los trabajadores [PDF] [Video]

• Replacing Lost Documents [PDF] | Documentos Perdidos [PDF]

• Small Businesses [PDF] | Empresa Pequeña [PDF]

• Flooded Vehicles [PDF] [Video] | Vehiculos dañados por inundaciones [PDF] [Video]

• Disaster Relief for Immigrants [PDF] [Video] | Ayuda para inmigrantes en caso de desastre [PDF] [Video]

• Disaster Relief & Immigrant Status [PDF] | Ayuda para sobrevivientes y su estado migratorio [PDF] [Univisión]

• Disaster Loans [PDF] | Préstamos para sobrevivientes de desastre [PDF]

• Derechos de Educación [Video]

• Utilities after Disaster [PDF]

• Death Benefits [PDF]