- CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CHDC)
Multi-Service One-Stop Center; providing services to low income and farm worker
households. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
Santa Rosa
3315 Airway Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-523-1155 Fax: 707-523-3766
Web Site: www.chdcorp.org
Healdsburg *
405 Grove Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: 707-433-6652 Fax: 707-433-4527
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES-FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER *
Emergency shelter and support services for families with children, pregnant
women, elderly, or disabled persons. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
P.O. Box 4900, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Phone: 707-542-5426 Fax: 707-578-6046
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- COMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS (COTS)
Emergency shelter and support services for families and singles with children
in southern Sonoma County.
1500-B Petaluma Blvd. South, Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707-765-6530 Fax: 707-765-5747
- COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY*
(formerly Sonoma County People for Economic Opportunity)
Community Action Agency for Sonoma County. Housing and other services for
the homeless and low and moderate income families, including Head Start, Youth
Build, and health care services. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
1300 N. Dutton, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Phone: 707-544-6911 Fax: 707-526-2918 Email: info@capsonoma.org
Web Site: www.capsonoma.org
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENCE (CRI)*
Direct and support services for people with disabilities.Disability law clinic,
housing information, housing access modification program, interpreter referral
of qualified American Sign Language interpreters, personal assistant (PA)
referral and in-home support services.
980 Hopper Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-528-2745 Fax: 707-528-9477 TDD: 707-528-2151
Email: cri-santarosa@ap.net
Website: www.cri-dove.org
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- COMMUNITY SUPPORT NETWORK (CSN)*
Housing and support services for people with mental disabilities.
1430 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403
Phone: 707-575-0979 Fax: 707-577-8357 Email: commsupnet@aol.com
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- COUNCIL ON AGING (COA)
Comprehensive services and legal services for seniors 60 years of age and
older. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
730 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-525-0143 Fax: 707-525-0454 Email: leagalcoa@sonic.net
- FACE TO FACE-SONOMA COUNTY AIDS NETWORK
Providing services for people with AIDS or who are HIV positive. Bilingual
(Spanish-English).
Main Office: 873 Second Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 544-1581 Fax: (707) 544-1586
West County: 16350 Third Street, Guerneville, CA 95446
Phone: (707) 869-7390 Fax: (707) 869-1461
Email: info@f2f.org Web Site: www.f2f.org
- FAIR HOUSING OF SONOMA COUNTY (FHOSC)
Free housing counseling, information and referral services for landlords and
tenants in Sonoma County. Assistance with housing discrimination complaints.
Bilingual (Spanish-English).
1300 N. Dutton Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Phone: 707-579-5033 Fax: 707-544-0159 Email: fairhousing@capsonoma.org
Web Site: www.fhosc.org
- F.I.S.H. of SONOMA VALLEY *
Groceries and services for low-income people in Sonoma Valley.
P.O. Box 507, Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone: 707-996-0111
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- HAG-SONOMA COUNTY HOUSING ADVOCACY GROUP
An advocacy group of people concerned about the lack of affordable housing,
and the lack of housing and shelters for homeless people, persons with disabilities,
farmworkers, seniors and others.
Phone: 707-528-6811 Email: schag@pacbell.net
Web Site: www.hagster.net
- HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION AND REFERRAL (SONOMA COUNTY)
Provides information and referrals of available resources within Sonoma County.
Bilingual (Spanish-English).
Phone: 707-565-2108 Fax: 707-565-2929
- LA LUZ BILINGUAL CENTER of SONOMA VALLEY
Multi-service center for Spanish speaking residents of Sonoma Valley.
17560 Greger Street, P.O. Box 1016, Boyes Hot Springs, CA 95416
Phone: 707-938-5131 Fax: 707-996-1287 Email: laluz@vom.com
Website: www.laluzcenter.org
- NORTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES (NCCS)*
Multi-service agency providing services to low income North Sonoma County
residents.
209 Matheson Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: 707-433-6161
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- OAKS of HEBRON *
Housing and services for people with developmental disabilities.
6950 Commerce Blvd. Suite 7, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: 707-795-5927 Fax: 707-795-5475 Email: ohi@sonic.net
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES (PPS)*
Assistance with housing discrimination and tenant-landlord issues for residents
of Petaluma. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
1500-A Petaluma Blvd. South, Petaluma, CA 94952
Phone: 707-765-8488 Fax: 707-765-8482
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- SONOMA COUNTY ADULT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (SCAYD)
Offers resources and referrals in Rohnert Park
7345 Burton Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928/ PO Box 7078, Cotati, CA 94931
Phone: 707-793-9030 Web Site: www.scayd.org
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- VINEYARD WORKERS SERVICES CENTER
Providing housing assistance and services to farm workers in Sonoma Valley.
Bilingual (Spanish-English).
17962 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone: 707-993-0810
- WEST COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES *
Multi-service agency providing services to low income western Sonoma County
residents.
River Center
P.O. Box 325, Guerneville, CA 95446
Phone: 707-887-2226/869-0654 Fax: 707-869-3683
- Sebastopol Center
555 S Main St Suite 1, Sebastopol, CA 95472
Phone: 707-829-5717 Fax: 707-829-2029
*This agency provides emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
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- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING (DFEH)
Housing and employment discrimination complaints.
Phone: 1-800-884-1684 Web Site: www.dfeh.ca.gov
- CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
- Nonrefundable Renter's Credit is a personal income tax credit
that can be used to offset your California state tax liability. To see
if you qualify, Go to: California
Franchise Tax Board: Nonrefundable Renter's Credit.
- Homeowner Assistance Claims and Renter Assistance Claims
for persons 62 or older, blind, or disabled. Income limitations apply.
Filing dates: July 1 through October 15. You can request claim forms by
mail or by phone(phone service available 24 hours in English and Spanish-select
Homeowner and Renter Assistance when prompted).
Tax Forms Request Unit, Franchise Tax Board
P.O. Box 307, Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-0307
Phone, within U.S.: 800-338-0505 Phone, outside U.S.: 916-845-6600
(not toll-free)
Web Site: www.ftb.ca.gov
Assistance for persons with hearing or speech impairments: voice phone,
800-735-2922 TTY/TTD 800-822-6268
- Property Tax Postponement for persons 62 or older, blind, or
disabled. Income limitations apply. Filing dates: May 15 through December
11. Forms and information available by calling: State Controller's
Office
Phone: 800-952-5661
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
Housing discrimination complaints.
Phone: 1-800-347-3739 Web Site: www.hud.gov
- HOUSING AUTHORITY (City of Santa Rosa)
Lists of low income and affordable housing. HUD Section 8 Program for the
City of Santa Rosa.
90 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-543-3300 Web Site: http://www.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/hr
RENTAL ASSISTANCE http://www.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/hr/rentalasst/index.asp
AVAILABLE UNITS http://www.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/hr/rentalasst/referrals.asp
- HOUSING AUTHORITY (Sonoma County)
Lists of low income and affordable housing.
1440 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-565-7500
HUD Section 8 Program for Sonoma County
http://www.Sonoma-County.org/CDC/Section8.htm
- SONOMA COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE
Property owner information.
585 Fiscal Drive, Room 104-F, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707-565-1888 Fax: 707-565-3317
- SONOMA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Adult and Aging Services *
2250 North Point Parkway, Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Phone: 707-565-5948 Fax: 707-565-5980
Family Youth and Children's Services * (Child Protective Services-CPS)
P.O. Box 1539, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Phone: 707-565-4304 Fax: 707-565-4399
Sonoma WORKS * Bilingual (Spanish-English).
2225 Challenger Way #101, Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Phone: 707-565-5500
*These agencies provide emergency rental assistance funds to help tenants
keep their rental units, or help with first month's rent and/or deposits for
moving into a rental unit (HCA Fund Program).
- SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF
Help with an eviction when a Writ of Possession has been issued by the Court
in an Unlawful Detainer Action. Office: 2796 Ventura Ave #403 Court: 600 Administration
Drive, Room 103J, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Phone: 707-565-2511
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For building code information and building code enforcement, contact the office listed below for the community in which you live.
- Cloverdale: 707-894-1701
- Cotati: 707-792-4600, press 2
- Healdsburg: 707-431-3346
- Petaluma: 707-778-4302
- Rohnert Park: 707-588-2239
- Santa Rosa: 707-543-3230
- Sebastopol: 707-823-8597
- Sonoma: 707-938-3681
- Windsor: 707-838-1016
For all other areas of Sonoma County contact:
Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management,
Code Enforcement Department: 707-565-2471
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- CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE (CRLA)
Attorney referrals, help with subsidized housing problems, fair housing information
and referral, assistance with housing and unlawful detainer legal actions,
affirmative impact litigation cases. Bilingual (Spanish-English). Closed on
Wednesdays
725 Farmers Lane, Suite 10, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-528-9941 Fax: 707-528-0125
- COUNCIL ON AGING, LEGAL SERVICES (COA)
Legal assistance for seniors 60 years of age and older. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
730 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-525-0143 Fax: 707-525-0454 Email: coalegal@aol.com
- RECOURSE MEDIATION SERVICES
Mediation services, conflict resolution trainings, education programs.
520 Mendocino Avenue, Suite 203, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-525-8545 Fax: 707-546-0263 Email: recoursemediation@aol.com
- SMALL CLAIMS ADVISORY SERVICE
3035 Cleveland Ave Santa Rosa CA
Assistance and procedural information on matters related to Small Claims Court.
Information and materials provided on:case preparation, procedures for filing,collecting
court judgments, self representation in court, etc. Will provide information
on cases outside of Sonoma County.
NO Translators for non-English speakers available. Must provide their own
interpreter for Small Claims services and for their court hearing
Cannot represent in court and will not prepare documents.
Walk-in Only, Monday Tuesday & Wednesday 3:30 a.m. to 5:00 pm and Thursdays
4:30 to 5:00 pm in the Law Library, Room 213-J, Sonoma County Court House
(except First Monday of the month, which is a Court Preparation Workshop for
all self-represented litigants, including Small Claims, located in Courtroom
17).
Phone Calls Only, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
and Thursdays 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Phone: 707-565-6457
- SONOMA COUNTY LEGAL AID (SCLA)
Legal information and clinics in the areas of eviction, family law, child
support and custody for Sonoma County residents with low incomes. All clinics
are by appointment only. Bilingual (Spanish-English). Workshops Open To Anyone.
37 Old Courthouse Square, Suite 100, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-542-1290 Fax: 707-546-0263 Email: sclapt@sonic.net
SELF HELP ACCESS CENTER (SHAC)
Assistance in preparing legal papers, information, and resources for low income
litigants.
Days and Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon
COURTROOM 17, 600 Administration Drive (Sonoma County Court House), Santa
Rosa, CA 95403
- SONOMA COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES FOUNDATION (SCLSF)
Workshops on a variety of legal topics such as housing, family law, domestic
violence, and bankruptcy.Bilingual (Spanish-English).
The Modest Means Program
Certified lawyer referral service. Affordable legal help in the areas of family,
housing, juvenile, debt collection, employment, bankruptcy, wills and estate
planning, dui's and misdemeanors provided on a sliding scale for persons with
fixed or limited incomes. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
1212 Fourth Street, Suite I, Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: 707-546-2924 Fax: 707-542-6664 Email: sclsf@sonic.net
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- CALIFORNIA STATE MOBILE HOME OMBUDSMAN
Answers to all California Mobile Home Laws and Ordinances.
Phone, toll-free: 800-952-5275
- The following jurisdictions in Sonoma County have some form of rent control for mobile home parks. Contact the appropriate office below for the community in which you would like the details concerning their mobile home park ordinances.
- Cloverdale: 707-894-2521, Deputy City Clerk.
- Cotati: 707-665-3622, Deputy City Clerk, or go to Cotati's Mobile Home Rent Control Ordinance
- Healdsburg: contact Cindy Rich 565-7537
- Petaluma: 707-778-4360, City Clerk; Cindy Rich 565-7537
- Rohnert Park: 707-588-2233 or 707-588-2212
- Santa Rosa: 707-543-3016, City Clerk; or Cindy Rich 565-7537
- Sebastopol: 707-823-1153, City Manager's Office.or Cindy Rich 565-7537
- Sonoma: 707-938-3743, City Clerk.
- Windsor: 707-838-5307, or Cindy Rich 565-7537
For all unincorporated areas of Sonoma County contact:
Sonoma County Administration Board Secretary at 707-565-2241 or Sonoma County Counsel's Office at 707-565-2421.
For other questions on mobile home park rent control for Cotati,Healdsburg, Petaluma, Sebastopol, or Windsor contact the Sonoma County Housing Authority at 707-565-7537.
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A partial list of links to more resources on the World Wide Web in the following categories:
- Alliance to Save Energy: Information to promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers and the environment.
- California Department of Community Services and Development: information about free installation and home efficiency measures that can reduce energy consumption and decrease energy bills including money-back rebates from some utilities to purchase energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances along with eligibility guidelines, and the service provider in your area. Or call 1-866-675-6623 (toll-free).
- CHDC Free Residential Weatherization Program: For low income households, owners or renters, to ensure the safe operation of appliances, and lower utility costs. Or call for an appointment by calling 707-566-3960.(program may not be available due to budget cuts
- EnergyHawk.com: An independent reference library of energy conservation tips for homes and businesses. Includes tips on energy conservation and energy-efficient products.
- Energy Savers: Tips on saving energy and money at home from the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Flex Your Power: Information with energy saving tips, financial incentives, people and organizations making a commitment to save energy and more from the State of California. Or call 1-866-yourpwr (toll-free).
- ImproveNet-Energy Conservation Project Calculator: Offers tips and advice for saving energy; Use their calculator to figure out the savings from energy saving projects.
- California Courts Self-Help Center: Landlord/Tenant. Find legal information on landlord/tenant matters, locate free and low-cost legal help, download court forms, connect to other landlord/tenant web sites.
- California Department of Consumer Affairs: Free publications for landlords and tenants, including "California Tenants: A Guide to Residential Tenants' and Landlords' Rights and Responsibilities" available in English and Spanish.
- California Law Net/Tenancy: Source for legal research and information on landlord/tenant law in California.
- Nolo.com: "Landlords and Tenants Law Center." Nolo Press legal information and publications on landlord/tenant law.
- Tenant.net: General tenant information; go to the Other States menu and select California for a compilation of resources and information dealing with landlord-tenant law in California.
- Your Rights as a Renter: 15 common rights for renters; links to renters' tools and services.
- The California Indoor Air Quality Program for links to an extensive list of mold related web sites.
- Mold in My Home: What Do I Do? (in PDF) or (in HTML). Also available in Spanish: ¿Moho en Mi Casa: Que Hago? This helpful publication covers general information about mold and its causes, possible health effects of mold in the home, as well as the detection of mold and general clean-up procedures.
- San Francisco Tenants Union: Information on tenants' rights focusing on San Francisco, but applicable elsewhere in California as well.
- Just Cause-Oakland: Just Cause Oakland is a grassroots coalition of volunteers seeking justice for the stable communities who are forced out of Oakland by landlords who evict tenants.
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For addition and corrections, or if you would like your organization added to this list of resources, please email us at:
fairhousing@capsonoma.org
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