Renting Or Leasing A Home

Renting a home comes with both responsibilities and legal protections. This page explains what to look for in a lease, your rights as a tenant, and how to handle common problems with landlords.

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Getting Back Your Security Deposit

This brochure explains how renters can ask their landlord to return their security deposit after moving out.

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Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Section 8 Evictions

This resource explains how evictions work for people in the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program.

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Housing Code Compliance

This resource explains how tenants can report housing code violations and what protections they have if their landlord tries to retaliate.

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The Pro Bono Project staff and volunteers will be on hand from 10am to 12 noon at Christian Fellowship Family Worship Center in Violet to provide legal information (not advice) and resources to members of the community.

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Join the Northeast Louisiana Bar Foundation for a free Ask-A-Lawyer Clinic in Ouachita Parish. This free service provides community members with the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a volunteer attorney, ask questions, and receive guidance on civil legal issues.

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