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Housing Resources

A practical guide to rental searches, homebuyer education, housing counseling, down-payment assistance, home repair, fair housing, urgent housing support, and community resources throughout Harrisonburg; Rockingham County and its incorporated towns of Bridgewater, Broadway, Dayton, Elkton, Grottoes, Mount Crawford, and Timberville; Staunton; Waynesboro; and communities throughout Augusta County.

Verify eligibility and availability. Housing programs, rental listings, waiting lists, income limits, funding, interest-rate programs, counseling schedules, and shelter capacity can change. Contact the responsible organization directly.

Regional Starting Points

Harrisonburg

City of Harrisonburg Housing Resources

The City’s official housing page brings together local housing programs, partner agencies, homebuyer assistance, fair-housing information, homelessness services, and the Harrisonburg Navigation Center.

Harrisonburg resources
Rockingham County & Its Towns

Rockingham County Community & Resident Services

Rockingham County’s official starting points serve residents of the unincorporated county and communities including Bridgewater, Broadway, Dayton, Elkton, Grottoes, Mount Crawford, and Timberville. Community Development addresses planning, zoning, building, GIS, and housing opportunities; Harrisonburg–Rockingham Social Services administers eligible benefit and support programs countywide.

Staunton

City of Staunton Housing Programs Division

Staunton’s Housing Programs Division coordinates City housing policy, affordable-housing and working-family initiatives, CDBG programs, and links to homeownership, rental, repair, accessibility, legal, and housing-insecurity resources.

Phone: 540-213-6699

Staunton housing programs
Augusta County & Waynesboro

Staunton–Augusta–Waynesboro Housing Resource Hub

Waynesboro’s official Housing Resource Hub gathers local housing-support information for Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro, including affordable-housing, housing-instability, home-repair, and regional service connections.

Regional housing hub
Augusta County, Staunton & Waynesboro

Shenandoah Valley Social Services

The official social-services agency serving Augusta County and the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro provides eligible medical, financial, energy, child-care, food, employment, and protective-service programs.

View social services
Home Repair

Renewing Homes of Greater Augusta

Provides essential home repairs for eligible low-income owner-occupants in Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro. Eligibility, project scope, and application availability must be confirmed directly.

Explore repair assistance

Urgent Housing Need

People facing immediate homelessness, unsafe housing, domestic violence, eviction, foreclosure, utility shutoff, or another housing crisis should seek help promptly. Call 911 when there is immediate danger.

Official Housing Resources

Rockingham County & Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg–Rockingham Social Services

Joint public agency serving Harrisonburg and Rockingham County residents, including residents of the County’s incorporated towns, through eligible financial, fuel, food, medical, child-care, employment, and protective services.

Phone: 540-574-5100

View services
Rockingham County

Rockingham County Community Development

Official County resource for planning, zoning, building, GIS, land-use questions, and the County’s work to provide diverse housing opportunities. Property-specific requirements should be confirmed with County staff or the applicable incorporated town.

View Community Development
Staunton

Staunton Housing Programs Division

Official City resource for affordable housing, working-family housing, CDBG programs, homeownership, rental housing, repair and accessibility, supportive housing, and legal-support links.

Phone: 540-213-6699

View Staunton programs
Augusta County, Staunton & Waynesboro

Waynesboro Housing Resource Hub

Official regional hub for local housing supports, affordable housing, housing instability, home repair, service-provider coordination, and connections serving Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro.

Open the regional hub
Augusta County, Staunton & Waynesboro

Shenandoah Valley Social Services

Public social-services agency serving Augusta County, Staunton, and Waynesboro with eligible financial, energy, food, medical, child-care, employment, and protective-service programs.

View regional services
Regional Home Repair

Renewing Homes of Greater Augusta

Essential repair assistance for eligible low-income homeowners in Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro. Applications and eligible project types should be verified directly.

Review repair assistance
Regional Homeownership

Staunton–Augusta–Waynesboro Habitat for Humanity

Local Habitat affiliate serving the Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro area through affordable-homeownership and related housing programs. Current applications and qualifications must be confirmed directly.

Visit local Habitat
Rental Search

Virginia Housing Search

Free statewide rental-search service with filters for price, accessibility, location, and housing needs.

Phone: 1-877-428-8844

Search rentals
Homebuyer Education

Virginia Housing Homebuyer Education

Free in-person, virtual, and self-paced education covering financial readiness, mortgages, purchasing, closing, and responsible homeownership.

Explore classes
Homebuyer Assistance

Virginia DHCD Homebuyer Resources

State programs and information for down-payment assistance, closing-cost help, savings-match programs, manufactured housing, and affordable homeownership.

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Housing Counseling

HUD-Approved Housing Counseling

Find approved counselors for buying, renting, budgeting, eviction or foreclosure prevention, reverse mortgages, and housing stability.

Phone: 800-569-4287

Find a counselor
Fair Housing

HUD Fair Housing Resources

Federal information about housing discrimination, protected rights, complaint filing, reasonable accommodations, and enforcement.

Phone: 800-669-9777

Review fair housing
General Referral

211 Virginia

Free statewide referral service connecting residents with housing, utilities, food, health, legal, transportation, and emergency resources.

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Find Help by Housing Need

These buttons open live Google Maps searches. Use official program pages to confirm eligibility, licensing, funding, service areas, and current availability.

Renting

Rental Search & Renter Education

Find rental listings, renter education, accessibility filters, and information about leases, deposits, and successful tenancy.

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Buying

Homebuyer Education & Counseling

Find approved counseling, homebuyer classes, financial-readiness guidance, mortgage education, and first-time-buyer resources.

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Assistance

Down-Payment & Closing-Cost Help

Locate programs that may assist eligible buyers with down payment, closing costs, savings, or reduced-rate financing.

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Repair

Home Repair, Accessibility & Weatherization

Search repair, accessibility-modification, indoor-plumbing, weatherization, and energy-efficiency resources.

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Stability

Eviction & Foreclosure Prevention

Find legal, counseling, public-assistance, and housing-stability resources. Contact providers early because eligibility and funds can be time-sensitive.

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Emergency

Shelter & Urgent Housing

Locate emergency shelter, homelessness services, domestic-violence resources, and coordinated housing support.

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Rights

Fair Housing & Tenant Rights

Find official information about housing discrimination, reasonable accommodations, complaints, and legal assistance.

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Older Adults

Senior & Disability Housing Resources

Search accessible housing, tax relief, home modifications, supportive housing, and aging-in-place resources.

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Community Housing Guide

Each card provides local orientation and live searches for rentals, housing help, senior or accessible housing, and urgent support.

Rockingham County — Unincorporated Areas

Housing ranges from rural homes and manufactured housing to subdivisions and rentals near towns. Verify well, septic, zoning, transportation, and utility availability for each property.

Grottoes, Port Republic & Southeastern Rockingham

Small-town and rural housing with access toward Harrisonburg, Waynesboro, and Augusta County. Verify flood, well, septic, utility, and road conditions.

Augusta County — Unincorporated Areas

A wide mix of rural homes, farms, subdivisions, manufactured housing, apartments, and small-community housing. Confirm wells, septic, zoning, utilities, and travel distance.

Housing Resources Map

Orientation only: Google may omit, duplicate, or misclassify housing offices, shelters, apartments, counselors, and service organizations. A mapped location does not confirm vacancies, eligibility, affordability, waiting-list status, public access, or current hours.

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Housing, Legal & Financial Disclaimer

This page is a general orientation resource and is not legal, lending, financial, tax, appraisal, inspection, fair-housing, or eligibility advice. Verify all important information directly with the housing provider, public agency, counselor, lender, attorney, shelter, or service organization. Inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by Valley Realty Associates.