Helping Hands Housing Services

Founded in 1974, Labor's Community Service Agency is a non-profit housing counseling agency. Based in Phoenix, Ariz., the organization was formed by the association of the United Way and AFL-CIO. It hosts numerous programs, including the foreclosure intervention program, unemployment mortgage assistance program and the securing help in family transportation (SHIFT) program. Additionally, Labor's Community Service Agency renders transitional housing, home rehabilitation and youth build job training services to its customers. It is Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) certified.

CRS Temporary Housing is a housing authority that deals in single-family residences, condominiums, apartment buildings, townhomes, mobile homes and travel trailers. It offers property search, price negotiation, leasing assistance, accommodation furnishing, asset registration and utility transfer services. The authority also offers relocation services that include temporary housing arrangements and moving options. It operates the PlaceTrak center, which deals with housing requests. CRS Temporary Housing offers Homeward Bound, an educational training program for homeowners who manage the additional living expense portions of insurance claims. It also deals with insurance repairs and has a working relationship with several insurance carriers. CRS Temporary Housing maintains a location in Phoenix.