Emergency Help

Find out about:

• Legal Help
• Fair Housing
• Housing Discrimination

Legal Help

Find the nearest Idaho Legal Aid Services office

To find more information about Idaho laws and ways to help yourself:

• Contact your local Court Assistance Office (CAO). There are many forms, instructions, and/or videos that you can use as a legal resource.
• Go to the CAO website to download forms, instructions, and/or videos.

http://www.courtselfhelp.idaho.gov/

To find a pro bono attorney:

• Call the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program
  (208) 334-4510
  -or-
  1-800-221-3295
• Write the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program
  IVLP
  P.O. Box 895
  Boise, ID 83701-0895

To find a private attorney:

• Call the Idaho State Bar Lawyer Referral Service
  (208) 334-4500

If you have any questions about a lawyer, call the Idaho State Bar, (208) 334-4500

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Fair Housing

If you, as an individual or family, are seeking housing, the Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination because of:

• race
• color
• national origin
• religion
• sex
• familial status: Children under 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, or people trying to get custody of someone under the age of 18.
• disability: mental and/or physical.

The term "housing" includes the following:

• apartments
• condominiums
• duplexes
• multi-unit dwellings:  rental units of 4 units or more
• mobile homes/trailer courts
• private homes and housing for sale
• vacant land
• homeless shelters (although not a place of permanent residence)
• shelters for battered women and their families
• group homes for recovery of drug addicts and alcoholics
• seasonal bungalows
• hospices
• senior/nursing homes

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Housing Discrimination

If you feel you have been discriminated against, you can file a complaint with the following state and federal authorities:

• Intermountain Fair Housing Council:

• United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):

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