Tennessee Housing & Support Resources
If you need help with housing, bills, legal questions, safety, disability resources, or a mental-health crisis, these Tennessee resources may be able to help.
Housing For All TN does not provide direct financial help, shelter placement, legal services, medical care, or crisis response. We share these resources to help you find organizations that may be able to support you.
Some programs have waitlists or rules about who they can help. If one resource cannot help, try another.
Need help right now?
Emergency or immediate danger: Call 911
Mental-health or substance-use crisis: Call or text 988, then press 0 for Tennessee crisis support.
Domestic violence support: Call 1-800-356-6767
Sexual assault support: Call 1-866-811-RISE (7473)
These support lines are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Find Housing Help
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency, (THDA),has a list of homelessness and community resources for counties across Tennessee. To find housing and homelessness resources, click on the button below:
Tennessee 211 can help you find local resources for housing, food, utility bills, transportation, health care, jobs, legal help, and more.
Call: 2-1-1
Legal Help & Fair Housing
If you are facing eviction, have problems with your landlord, live in unsafe housing, have questions about a lease, or need help with another civil legal problem, legal aid may be able to help.
HELP4TN is a statewide legal-information website and helpline. It is a good place to start if you have a legal question, are not sure what kind of help you need, or want to find services in your area.
Call: 1-844-HELP4TN or 1-844-435-7486
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Phone: 800-238-1443
Website: https://las.org/get-help/
Serves: 48 Tennessee counties. This includes Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Montgomery, Sumner, Putnam, Maury, and many surrounding counties. -
Website: https://laet.org/get-help/
Serves: 26 East Tennessee counties. To get help, apply online or call the office that serves your county.
Chattanooga Area - Bledsoe, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie: 423-756-4013 or 800-572-7457
Cleveland Area - Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk: 423-303-2266 or 800-572-7457
Knoxville Area - Knox, Loudon, Sevier: 865-637-0484Maryville Area - Blount: 865-981-1818
Morristown Area - Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson: 423-587-4850 or 800-821-1309
Johnson City Area - Carter, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington: 423-928-8311 or 800-821-1312 -
Phone: 1-800-372-8346 or 731-423-0616 or 901-471-8006
Website: https://wtls.org/resources/
Serves: 21 West Tennessee counties. Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, McNairy, Madison, Shelby, Tipton, Obion, and Weakley. -
Phone: 901-523-8822
Website: https://malsi.org
Serves: Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton
Legal Aid offices are nonprofit law offices that provide free civil legal services to eligible people. Depending on the office, your location, your income, and the facts of your case, Legal Aid may be able to give you advice, help you prepare documents, negotiate with a landlord, connect you with other resources, or represent you in court.
Housing Discrimination
It may be against the law for a landlord, property manager, seller, lender, or other housing provider to treat you differently because of your race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or because you have children.
If you think you have experienced housing discrimination, you can reach out to:
Tennessee Fair Housing Council
Call: 615-874-2344
Email: admin@tennfairhousing.org
Website: Tennessee Fair Housing Council
Serves: Cheatham, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Montgomery, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson counties.
Memphis Fair Housing Center is a program of Memphis Area Legal Services.
Call: 901-432-4663
Website: Memphis Fair Housing Center