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2025 Los Angeles Fires

You can get help online with food, expenses, shelter, and more.

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Recovery services finder
Not sure where to start? Answer a few questions. You’ll get a list of services just for you.

If you want to know all help that’s available for your situation, visit LA Disaster Relief Navigator.

Shelter

Real-time list of open shelters

Local shelters run by the state and local partners.

Temporary housing

FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. It gives 14 days of temporary housing for people who qualify. You could also qualify for several months of rental assistance.

Food

WIC

WIC offers food benefits for mothers with low incomes.

CalFresh

Sign up for CalFresh food benefits or have them replace food lost in the fires.

Food banks

Find food banks near you.

Help for your pets

We have help if you:

  • lost a pet
  • had to leave a pet behind
  • need shelter for your pet

Visit California Animal Response Emergency Support.

Mental health

Free crisis counseling

Available online or in person

Mental health resources for youth

by California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS)

Wildfire relief

from Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center

Disaster mental health resources

from Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Wildfires and mental health

from California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

Replacing your personal documents

IDs

Citizenship

Titles

Birth, marriage, and death certificates

See how to order replacements.

Get copies of vital records

Employment

Services from the California Employment Development Department (EDD)

Get help with:

Housing, repairs, and legal help

Individual Assistance (FEMA)

Must apply by March 31, 2025

Individual Assistance is a group of federal programs that help disaster survivors. FEMA may provide money and other services to help you recover. This includes:

  • Housing
  • Funds for repairs
  • Help for people with disabilities
  • Legal services
Apply for Individual Assistance

Learn more on FEMA’s LA Fires page or view FEMA’s news updates.

If you have insurance, file a claim as soon as possible. FEMA will ask for your coverage information when you apply.

Three ways to apply

  1. Online at DisasterAssistance.gov. This is the fastest and easiest way to apply.
  2. Through the FEMA App for mobile devices.
  3. By calling the FEMA helpline at 1-800-621-3362, 4 AM to 10 PM (PST). Help is available in many languages.

Help with applying

Mortgage relief

Get mortgage relief for structures damaged or destroyed by the LA fires. The state worked with major lenders to offer this relief. Over 400 lenders committed to:

  • Reduce or pause mortgage payments for 90 days
  • Waive late fees for 90 days
  • Protect owners from new foreclosures or evictions for 60 days
  • Not report late payments to credit agencies

You must contact your mortgage lender to get relief. It does not happen automatically.

Visit Mortgage relief resources for a list of participating lenders and more.

Renter protection

Protection from eviction

The LA County Board of Supervisors has prohibited evictions for tenants who qualify. This protection lasts through July 31, 2025. See FAQs about this resolution (PDF).

The City of Los Angeles protects eligible tenants from eviction. The protection lasts through July 31, 2025. You are eligible if you lost wages because:

  • The wildfires destroyed your workplace or rendered it unusable, or
  • Your employer laid you off or reduced your working hours, or
  • You had clients located in the wildfires, so you lost income.

Tenants are also protected from evictions for renovations through this date.

If you need eviction protection in the City or County of Los Angeles, you must notify your landlord. Send a Notice to Landlord of Inability to Pay Rent (PDF).

Free mediation
The Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) offers free mediation services. They help tenants and landlords work out a payment plan. Call (800) 593-8222 to learn more.

Help for immigrants

Disaster Assistance Guide for Immigrants

You can get the guide in 5 languages:

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Armenian

Help with student loans

from the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI)

If the fires affected you and you have student loans, you may be eligible for relief.
See Student Loan Relief FAQ.

Avoiding price gouging

Consumer protections against price gouging

from the Office of the Attorney General

About price gouging

from Los Angeles County

Consumer protection complaint form

from Los Angeles County

Price gouging complaint form

from the City of Los Angeles

More county resources

LA County Recovers lists help from many county agencies. This includes help for:

  • Seniors
  • Disabled people
  • Animals
  • Children
  • Mental health
  • And much more

Information is written in English and Spanish.

The Salvation Army gives disaster services to those affected by the fires. Visit their Disaster Services page or call (800) 725-9005.