Crisis Assistance - Emergency Financial Assistance

Rent and utility assistance is available for Mecklenburg County residents at 500-A Spratt St, Monday - Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm.  Please review the list of documents you will need to bring to apply.

Mecklenburg County residents with access to email and internet may choose to apply online.  Online requests are accepted during business hours until capacity is reached.

United Way - Evictions 211

NC 211 is an information and referral service provided by United Way of North Carolina. Accessible via an easy-to-remember, three-digit number, families and individuals can call to obtain free and confidential information on health and human services and resources within their community. Dial 2-1-1 or 1-888-892-1162 to speak with a call specialist.

Additional Rent and Utility Assistance Resources

The local programs listed below also provide rent and utility assistance. The NC 211 Resource database may also have a local program that can help you. In addition, you should check with local churches or community organizations to see if they have assistance available.

• Wake County residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at housewake.org.
• Mecklenburg County residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at rampclt.com.
• Greensboro residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at Greensboro Housing Coalition.
• Wilmington residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at Good Shepherd Wilmington Eviction Prevention Project.
• Asheville residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at org and www.homewardboundwnc.org.
• Chapel Hill residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at gov/HousingAssistance.
• High Point residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you by calling (336) 883-3111.
• Hickory residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you at ccmhickory.org.
• Cabarrus County residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you. at concordnc.gov/Departments/Housing.
• Burlington residents: find out about assistance that may be available to you by calling (336) 222-5070.

Legal Assistance

• Charlotte Center for Legal Services
• Legal Aid for North Carolina
• Paulen Solidarity Law - A Community Law Firm
• Pisgah Legal Services
• Queen City Community Law firm
• The Freedmen Law Group

Know Your Rights Tenant Resources

• Law Help NC Eviction Quick Fact- LawHelpNC.org is a joint project of Legal Aid of North Carolina, the North Carolina Equal Justice Alliance, the North Carolina Bar Association Foundation and Probono.net. Our goal is to provide our users with helpful, easy-to-understand legal resources and information in North Carolina.
• Law Help NC Know Your Rights
• Legal Aid Eviction Guide - Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity.
  Legal Aid of North Carolina is an innovative, creative, progressive, and efficient civil legal service provider to the poor, working toward an inclusive justice system of equal access. All voices are valued, heard, and respected.
• Legal Aid Subsidized Tenancies Powerpoint
• Legal Aide Know Your Rights
• NCJC NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE LANDLORD/TENANT LAW OVERVIEW - The North Carolina Justice Center (NCJC) is one of the state’s preeminent voices for economic and social justice.
  As a leading progressive research and advocacy organization, our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.
• NCJC Rights of Tenants After a Natural Disaster
• NCJC Snapshot of Evictions in NC
• NCJC Families Facing Eviction