Housing

To apply for services, please return to the home page and click the area of need on the right side of the home page: Family Law, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Bankruptcy, Housing, and Put Something Back.  Please note we do not handle emergency cases or emergency hearings.  If you are a housing client  facing an eviction or are in need of immediate assistance please see below for list of available resources: 

Legal Assistance

• Broward County Bar Lawyer Referral Service 954-764-8040
• Broward Legal Services 954-765-8950
• Florida Bar Lawyer Referral 1-800-342-8011
• Florida Legal Services 407-801-4350
• Florida Law Help https://floridalawhelp.org/
• Legal Services of Greater Miami 305-576-0080 https://www.legalservicesmiami.org/ 
• Miami Dade Bar Lawyer Referral Service 305-371-2646

Other Housing Related Assistance

• City of Hialeah Emergency Rental Assistance 305-863-2970 https://www.hialeahfl.gov/690/Funding-Opportunities *program still open
• City of Miami Homeless Assistance Helpline 305-960-4980 https://www.miamigov.com/My-Government/Departments/Human-Services/Homeless-Assistance  
• City of Miami Housing Department 305-416-2080
• Community Action and Human Services 786-469-4600-Energy Bill Assistance for Residents of Miami Dade *mail or drop off application to your nearest community Resource Center: https://www.miamidade.gov/global/service.page?Mduid_service=ser1542309305236810 application link: https://www.miamidade.gov/socialservices/library/liheap-application-eng.pdf
• Housing Assistance Network of Dade (HAND) COVID-19 Rental Assistance 1-877-994-4357 or 305-231-7667 https://www.miamidade.gov/housing/library/affordable-housing-resources/HAND-intro-english.pdf 
• HUD Housing Discrimination Hotline 1-800-669-9777 
• Miami Dade County Homeless Trust 1-877-994-4357 or 305-375-1490 https://www.homelesstrust.org/homeless-trust/home.page
• Miami Dade County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) 305-723-1815 https://www.miamidade.gov/global/housing/emergency-rental-assistance-program.page *only to check the status of an application as the program is now closed. 
• Miami Dade Housing Advocacy Hotline786 469-4545  - email: housingadvocacy@miamidade.gov  *information on Renters’ and Landlords’ Rights in Miami Dade County

Dade Legal Aid provides free civil legal services to low-income, underserved, marginalized residents and communities in Miami-Dade County. Services are available to qualifying individuals in the areas of family law, domestic violence, guardianship, probate, bankruptcy, collections, foreclosure defense, guardian ad litem, child advocacy, and housing.  Operating since 1939, we are committed to providing greater access to justice for all through zealous representation on behalf of struggling individuals, domestic violence victims, the elderly, and other vulnerable clients from diverse backgrounds, races, ethnicities and genders confronting poverty, inequities, disabilities, unlawful, unfair, deceptive, discriminatory or predatory consumer practices, wrongful eviction, human trafficking, divorce, sexual assault, dating violence and unemployment.