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Find out if HUD owes you money! If you had an FHA-insured mortgage,
you may be eligible for a refund of part of your insurance premium or a
"distributive share." See if your name is on the list, and if it is, follow the
instructions for getting your refund. Have you been contacted by someone who
asks for a fee in return for getting you a refund from HUD/FHA? Read our Refund
Alert.
Information on how to buy a home, including Federal programs that can
make homebuying easier. If you are buying a home, check out these listings of
homes for sale by the Federal government. Learn about public housing and other
housing assistance programs.
HUD has many of its forms available for downloading. If the form you
seek is not available, you can order it online and it will be mailed to you.
HUD toll free telephone numbers for information on buying a home, fair housing,
research and policy, and more.
If your income is low, if you are homeless or know someone who is
homeless, or if you have other special needs that make finding housing
difficult, find out what kinds of assistance are available.
If you need help figuring out your housing options or if you are
having problems making your mortgage payments, you can contact one of the
HUD-approved housing counseling agencies in your community. We also provide a
toll free number for referral to a housing counseling agency.
You'll find a substantial array of research, publications, and other
information on housing, economic development, and communities in HUD's research
library.
Learn how your community plans to spend its Federal dollars. Do you
have comments or suggestions? Send them to the person listed as your
community's "contact".
Provides information on all types of disasters, what steps to take to
prepare for them, and how to mitigate the impact disasters have on people and
property.
FEMA has help for people, businesses, state and local governments
following a disaster. Provides a variety of programs designed to help
individuals and communities get back on the road to recovery.
The National Flood Insurance Program makes flood insurance available
to residents of communities that adopt and enforce floodplain management
ordinances.