A Hand Up Housing Counseling provides support to help people be successful renters, setting them on a path to stabilize their housing and move towards achieving their goals. Whether increasing or maintaining employment, re-establishing credit, eliminating debt, or other personal achievements, A Hand Up is here to help.
Our housing counselors work one-on-one with you to:
- Create realistic spending plans
- Review lease agreements to make sure you understand your responsibilities and rights
- Provide education on the Tenant Landlord act and Fair Housing laws
- Discuss all the financial requirements of renting to make sure the home is affordable
- Go over the importance of renters insurance
- Explain the responsibility of leasing versus month-to-month at-will tenancy
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For more information, or to make an appointment, contact:
In Yuma or La Paz Counties: Martha Marquez: (928) 217-7126 (martham@wacog.com)
In Yuma or La Paz Counties, Spanish: Regina Gonzalez (928) 217-7160 (reginag@wacog.com)
In Mohave County: Joyce Lucero (928) 377-1058 (joycel@wacog.com)
You may also open and download a Preliminary Assessment and email it to any of the above-listed counselors. Preliminary Assessment