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While the city government does not provide direct support to individuals and families in need, we are thankful for our community partners that provide these direct supports. Community partners and agencies change often and are challenged with their own limitation of resources and are not always able to serve all individuals or families in need but they do their best to help all individuals and families navigate the many resources in our community.
Please note that this is a list of resources that Housing and Community Vitality Department staff is aware of and not a comprehensive list of programs funded by the City. If your organization offers housing assistance in the Colorado Springs area and you would like us to share it, please email us at CityHousingandCommunityVitality.smb@ColoradoSprings.gov or call at 719-385-5912.
Finding Help
- United Way - 211 (referrals for any type of resource)
- Helping Hands (resource directory for Colorado Springs)
- Care Center
- El Paso County Care Coordination
- Senior Housing Resource Guide
- Senior Emergency Housing Guide
Emergency Shelter
- Springs Rescue Mission (individuals without children)
- RJ Montgomery Center (individuals and families)
- The Place (unaccompanied youth)
- TESSA (victims of domestic violence)
- Kingdom Builders Family Life Center (domestic violence survivors, rental assistance and rapid rehousing)
Homelessness Prevention
Rental, Mortgage, or Utility Assistance
- Find Affordable Housing
- Temporary Rental Assistance Grant
- Catholic Charities (rent and utility assistance)
- Rocky Mountain Human Services (homelessness prevention for veterans)
- Volunteers of America (homelessness prevention for veterans)
- Homefront Military Network (rent and utility assistance for veterans)
- Mercy’s Gate (rent assistance, other services available)
- Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center (rent, mortgage, and utility assistance for veterans)
- Tri-Lakes Cares (rent, mortgage, and utility assistance)
- Westside Cares (rent, mortgage, and utility assistance)
- Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (mortgage assistance)
- Colorado Health Network (rent assistance for people with HIV/AIDS)
- LEAP (utility assistance)
- Project COPE (utility assistance, must apply for LEAP first)
- Colorado Housing Connects (rental assistance and eviction prevention)
- Energy Outreach Colorado utility help
Resources for Renters and Eviction Prevention
- Colorado Emergency Rental Assistance Program
- Colorado Housing Connects
- Colorado Legal Services
- Colorado Poverty Law Project
- Community Economic Defense Project
- Rental Assistance Search
- Renters Rights Workshops
- Eviction Diversion Mediation Program: El Paso County
- The Justice Center - Eviction & Tenant Rights Videos
- Apartment Association Renter's Resources
Resources for Homeowners
- Energy Resource Center – HEAP (winterization assistance)
- Brothers Redevelopment (home modification and repair, housing counseling)
- Homeowner COVID Foreclosure Prevention (information about mortgage forbearance)
- Colorado Housing Connects (HUD housing counseling)
- Rocky Mountain Community Land Trust - foreclosure prevention counseling
- Single Family Turnkey Plus Mortgage Program
Landlords
- Apartment Association of Southern Colorado
- National Multifamily Housing Council COVID-19 Hub
- HUD Office of Multifamily Housing Stakeholders Q&A
- Model repayment agreement (PDF)
- Acuerdo Modelo de Pago (PDF)
- District Attorney (4th Judicial District): Neighborhood Justice Center mediation services
Other Resources
- Internet/phone service discount – Lifeline Program (up to $9.25/month)
- Colorado Office of Financial Empowerment