FREE LEGAL HELP AVAILABLE
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240711/free-legal-help-available]


Release Date: 
July 11, 2024 

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.– A free legal help hotline is now available to
eligible individuals affected by the May 10 severe storms and
tornadoes in Leon County.

The hotline is available to connect survivors who are unable to afford
an attorney to free legal services. Survivors may call the toll-free
legal services hotline anytime and leave a message for a callback at
(850) 385-9007.

Callers may get help with legal issues such as:

	* Securing FEMA and other government benefits available to disaster
survivors.
	* Home repair contracts and property insurance claims.
	* Replacement of wills and other important legal documents lost or
destroyed in the disaster.
	* Consumer protection issues such as price-gouging and avoiding
contractor scams in the rebuilding process.
	* Counseling on landlord or tenant problems, or threats of
foreclosure.
	* Disability-related access to federal, state and local disaster
programs.

The Disaster Legal Services (DLS) program works with state and local
partners to provide free legal help for low-income disaster survivors.
The service is a partnership between the American Bar Association
Young Lawyers Division
[https://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/about/initiatives/disaster-legal-services/],
FEMA [https://www.disasterassistance.gov/] and The Florida Bar Young
Lawyers Division
[https://www.floridabar.org/about/section/section-YL/]. DLS attorneys
are not FEMA employees.

For the latest information about Florida’s recovery, visit
fema.gov/disaster/4794 [https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4794]. Follow
FEMA on X, formerly known as Twitter, at x.com/femaregion4
[https://x.com/femaregion4] or on Facebook at facebook.com/fema
[http://www.facebook.com/fema].