Public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and rental-assistance pathway · El Paso city; income, documentation, waitlist, accessibility, and program rules apply
Housing Authority of the City of El Paso
The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso is a local public-housing authority pathway for people seeking affordable housing and rental assistance. Ask about current applications, waitlists, accessibility, reasonable accommodations, and program eligibility; housing placement is not guaranteed and does not include cleanup by itself.
Affordable housing and Housing Choice Voucher pathway · El Paso County; eligibility, application, waitlist, and program rules apply
El Paso County Housing Authority
The El Paso County Housing Authority describes affordable-housing and Housing Choice Voucher administration for residents of the county. Review the current administrative plan and contact the authority to confirm open lists, eligibility, documents, and reasonable-accommodation options; assistance is not guaranteed.
Single assessment and referral pathway for homelessness, housing instability, shelter, and housing programs · El Paso County; assessment, prioritization, privacy, and capacity rules apply
El Paso Coalition for the Homeless Coordinated Entry
The El Paso Coalition for the Homeless operates the county's Coordinated Entry system, which assesses people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and matches them with appropriate housing or services. Messages may be returned within 24 hours; ask about current access points, assessment, privacy, and program capacity.
Emergency shelter, meals, medical connection, assessment, and case-management pathway · El Paso; shelter, behavioral, identification, and capacity rules apply
Opportunity Center for the Homeless
The Opportunity Center describes emergency shelters and day-resource services for people experiencing homelessness, including food, showers, laundry, storage, medical connection, assessment, and case management. Confirm which shelter fits the person and current intake rules; shelter is not a hoarding-specific cleanup service.
Emergency shelter, food, clothing, and family-stability pathway · El Paso; women-and-children eligibility, intake, length-of-stay, and capacity rules apply
Reynolds Home for Homeless Women and Children
Reynolds Home provides temporary emergency shelter for women and children and describes support for moving toward stable housing and self-sufficiency. Ask about current openings, family composition, documentation, safety, and length of stay before traveling; it is not a general cleanup provider.
Emergency food, pantry, mobile distribution, senior food, and SNAP-navigation pathway · El Paso region; distribution, household, documentation, and capacity rules apply
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger connects residents with pantry and mobile distributions, emergency food, senior food, and help applying for SNAP and other benefits. Check current locations, documents, schedules, transportation, and service limits before traveling; food support is not a cleanup or medical service.
Community-action utility, weatherization, HVAC repair, housing, and financial-stability pathway · El Paso County; income, funding, application, and program rules apply
Project BRAVO
Project BRAVO lists utility-bill assistance, weatherization, HVAC repair, affordable-housing, foreclosure-prevention, homebuyer, case-management, and other support. Its current 2026 notice says applications for services opened July 1 and completed applications may take 4–6 weeks; confirm funding, documents, and local intake before relying on a program.
Bilingual housing, healthy-homes, home-repair, weatherization, and family-support nonprofit · El Paso County; income, property, funding, and application rules apply
A.Y.U.D.A. Inc.
A.Y.U.D.A. is a local bilingual nonprofit serving low-income individuals and families and lists programs including healthy homes, homebuyer and housing assistance, home modifications, weatherization, and other support. Ask about current program availability, owner or renter requirements, income limits, documents, and whether the concern fits its scope.
No-cost critical home-repair and accessibility-modification pathway for eligible low-income homeowners · El Paso; homeowner, safety, income, and project-selection rules apply
Rebuilding Together El Paso
Rebuilding Together El Paso says it provides critical home repairs and accessibility modifications at no cost to eligible low-income homeowners, with a focus on seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and families. Ask about current applications, ownership, income, repair scope, safety, and project capacity; it is not in-home decluttering or emergency response.
Free civil-legal services for eligible residents in El Paso and covered Texas counties · housing, benefits, disability, consumer, and safety issues may qualify; intake rules apply
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid maintains an El Paso office and serves eligible residents with civil legal issues that may include housing, benefits, disability, consumer, and safety concerns. Its public-benefits and homelessness teams describe work involving SNAP, TANF, SSI, Social Security, housing, and benefits denials. Legal aid is not a cleanup provider, emergency dispatcher, or guarantee of representation.
Fixed-route and ADA paratransit transportation pathway · El Paso city and service area; eligibility, scheduling, fare, route, and accessibility rules apply
Sun Metro and LIFT Paratransit
Sun Metro provides fixed-route transit and LIFT paratransit. LIFT is an origin-to-destination service for people verified as ADA paratransit eligible, and the agency describes scheduling up to seven days in advance. Confirm current eligibility, service area, hours, reservation rules, and accessibility before planning a trip; transit is not emergency response.
Water-bill payment assistance and leak-repair pathway · El Paso Water residential customers; financial hardship, account, income, payment-arrangement, and funding rules apply
El Paso Water AguaCares
El Paso Water says AguaCares may provide qualifying residential customers facing financial hardship and disconnection risk with up to a $250 water-bill credit once a year, subject to current funding and payment-arrangement requirements. Ask about the current application, income, account, and documentation rules; this is utility assistance, not a cleanup or emergency service.
Municipal garbage, recycling, bulky-item, household-hazardous-waste, and collection-station guidance · El Paso residents; pass, ID, water-bill, fee, item, and schedule rules apply
City of El Paso Environmental Services
The city describes curbside collection, fee-based special pickup, Citizen Collection Stations, recycling, household hazardous waste, bulky items, and a senior or disability collection discount. Current collection-station rules require a pass and matching ID and water bill, and facilities may close for weather; confirm accepted materials, fees, hours, and whether a load is eligible before traveling.
Food, shelter, emergency assistance, and veteran-support pathway · El Paso County; local funding, eligibility, intake, and capacity rules apply
Salvation Army of El Paso
The county resource directory identifies the Salvation Army as a local pathway for food, shelter, supportive services, and veteran assistance, including possible housing-stability connections. Ask about the current local program, appointment, documents, and available funding; assistance is not guaranteed and is not a cleanup or emergency-dispatch service.
Private-pay hoarding support, organizing help, groups, and family guidance · broader service area; scope, cost, scheduling, travel, consent, and safety rules apply
The Peer Tree
The Peer Tree is the private-pay pathway for organizing help, decluttering support, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps when a grant or public program is not the right fit. Ask about scope, cost, travel, consent, safety, and whether support is available in El Paso or El Paso County. It is separate from Fight the Blight's nonprofit programming.
Digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns · online; not therapy or emergency support
Unburied
Unburied, from The Peer Tree, offers a judgment-free digital pathway with peer support, groups, and tools for people directly affected and for friends or family supporters. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.