Helping people keep decent, safe, and affordable housing.
Having a home is essential to ensure people meet their basic needs and improve their lives. The Homelessness Prevention Program helps people with low incomes avoid eviction or foreclosure and improve unsafe housing.
How We Can Help:
Our housing team is experienced in landlord/tenant law and work with community partners to prevent homelessness and improve access to affordable housing. We help thousands of people each year to:
- Prevent eviction and foreclosure, including mobile home parks
- Improve substandard housing conditions
- Obtain or preserve eligibility for housing subsidies
- Help with discrimination and disability accommodation
- Provide protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS
54,800+ households in Western North Carolina are considered housing cost burdened.
(Bowen Report and Brookings Institution)
Frequently Asked Questions
We can help keep a difficult situation from spiraling out of control and trapping families, seniors, children, and others in poverty. We help tenants with issues such as: We help homeowners with issues such as: How can Pisgah Legal help tenants and homeowners?
Tenants have important rights when it comes to housing, whether it’s evictions and repairs, fair housing, rights for people with disabilities, and more. View some of the common myths vs. facts when it comes to tenants’ rights and frequently asked questions in our flyer. Additional flyers on housing topics can be found on our Materials page.What are my rights as a tenant?
Being in foreclosure does not mean you are out of options, but the earlier you get help in the process, the more options you will have. Contact a housing attorney immediately to see what can be done and view our flyer on foreclosure prevention for some steps you can take now to help keep your home. Call Pisgah Legal at 828-253-0406 or apply online for help. I'm in foreclosure. Is it too late for help?
Yes, we can help qualifying individuals at any point in the eviction process. More information about the steps that follow once you receive a notice to vacate can be found on our flyer. No matter where you are in the process, speak with an attorney to find out your rights. Call Pisgah Legal at 828-253-0406 or apply online for help.Can Pisgah Legal help if the eviction process has already started?
More Resources
Tenant Myth vs. Fact & FAQ Flyer
Read Stone’s StoryFind even more resources on our Materials page.