Renters: Renters Rights

Toolkit 1 - Your First Steps After a Disaster. Hope starts here.

Module 5: First Steps for Renters

1. Renters Next Steps

2. Housing voucher holders

Toolkit 2 - Navigating Claims, Housing, and Your Rights. And ensuring you get a good night's sleep. 

Module 4: The Guide for Renters

1. Getting your rent money back

2. Getting your security deposit to be returned

3. Dealing with your personal property

Toolkit 4 - Asbestos and Smoke Contamination. And how to move your frustration.

Module 1: Asbestos

1. Asbestos video

2. Testing and abatement: the details

Module 2: Smoke contamination

1. Why smoke can be toxic 

2. How to test for smoke, soot, and ash contamination

Module 3: Cleaning up

1. Recipe for getting smoke smell out

2. Best practices for cleaning your home 

3. Cleaning tips & guidelines 

Toolkit 5 - Post-Disaster Logistics: Documents, Insurance, and Finding your Next Rental. A reminder to stay connected with support. 

Module 2: Renters - Managing the Emotional Side of Moving

Module 3: Insuring your uninhabitable home and new rental

1. Renters: what to get in your next renter’s policy. Get your own, don’t use the property management’s one

Toolkit 8 - The First Rebuild Decisions. Understanding your options and taking it slow.

Module 1: Shop around for contractors

1. Take your time and compare options

2. Contractor red flags

3. Interviewing contractors

Module 2: Contract fine print

1. What to look for in contract

2. Beware of Assignment of Benefits

Toolkit 10 - HOAs, Subrogation, and Renters Being Held Responsible. And managing the anger that comes with these issues.

Module 2: Subrogation

1. What is it and how it works

Module 3: As a renter, how much am I responsible for?  

1. Can my landlord charge me for damages?

2. Your Liability insurance can help