Consumer resource list

Georgia Legal Services Program (for legal help in counties other than Cobb, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton & Gwinnett) www.glsp.org TDD 1-800-255-0056 Albany: (229) 430-4261 or (800) 735-4271 Augusta: (706) 721-2327 or (800) 248-6697 Athens/Gainesville: (770) 535-5717 or (800) 745-5717 Brunswick: (912) 264-7301 or (877) 808-0553 Columbus: (706) 649-7493 Dalton: (706) 272-2924 or (888) 408-1004 Macon: (478) 751-6261 or (800) 560-2855 Piedmont: (404) 894-7707 or (800) 822-5391 Savannah: (912) 651-2180 or (888) 220-8399 Valdosta: (229) 333-5232 or (800) 546-5232
Georgia Real Estate Investors Association 3920 N. Peachtree Road Atlanta GA 30341 Ph: 770-451-8800; Fax: 770-451-4900 www.gareia.org
Georgia Secretary of State Professional Licensing Boards Division 237 Coliseum Drive Macon, Georgia 31217-3858 Ph: (478) 207-2440; http://sos.ga.gov/plb/contact.htm
Governor's Office of Consumer Protection 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S.E., Suite 356 Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Ph: (800) 869-1123 or (404) 651-8600 Fax: (404) 651-9018; http://consumer.georgia.gov/
HomeSafe Georgia Ph: (770) 806-2100 or (877) 519-4443 e-mail: hhf@dca.ga.gov https://www.homesafegeorgia.com/
Internal Revenue Service Ph: (800) 829-1040 www.irs.gov
Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc. 175 Trinity Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 524-0000; Fax: (404) 524-0005 http://metrofairhousing.com/

National Association of Personal Financial Advisors 3250 North Arlington Heights Road, Suite 109 Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Ph: (800) 366-2732; Fax: (847) 483-5415; (847) 483-5400 www.napfa.org
National Foundation for Credit Counseling 1-800-388-2227; www.nfcc.org/
National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association 1625 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste 601 Washington DC 20036-2244 Ph: (202) 939-1760; Toll-Free: (866).264-4466 Fax: (202) 265-4435; www.reversemortgage.org
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Customer Assistance Group 1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3450 Houston, TX 77010 Ph: (800) 613-6743; Fax: (713) 336-4301 www.occ.treas.gov; www.HelpWithMyBank.gov
Securities and Exchange Commission Attn: Investor Assistance 3475 Lenox Road, NE, Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30326 Ph: (404) 842-7600; e-mail:atlanta@sec.gov
State Bar of Georgia 104 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 527-8700; (800) 334-6865 Fax: (404) 527-8717; www.gabar.org
Trans Union P. O. Box 390 Springfield, PA 19064-0390 Ph: (800) 916-8800; www.transunion.com
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Consumer Affairs 451 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20410 Ph: (202) 708-1112; TTY: (202) 708-1455 http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD
Veterans Administration Consumer Affairs Service 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20420 Ph: (202) 273-5760; www.va.gov

CONSUMER RESOURCE LIST
This information is provided as a resource and not intended to be an endorsement or referral.
HELP LINE OF GEORGIA (800) 338-6745
GEORGIA SENIOR HOTLINE (404) 657-9915 or (888) 257-9519
Homeowners HOPE Hotline:
For foreclosure counseling call 1-888-995-4673 or visit their website
at: www.995hope.org or www.foreclosurehelpandhope.org
Georgia Department of Banking & Finance
2990 Brandywine Road, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 986-1633 or (888) 986-1633 (770) 986-1655 (fax) http://dbf.georgia.gov/
Revised July 26, 2013

AARP Georgia 999 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1645 Atlanta, GA 30309 Ph: (404) 881-0292; Fax: (404) 881-6997 www.aarp.org
Alabama State Banking Department State of Alabama Banking Department P.O. Box 4600 Montgomery, AL 36103-4600 Ph: (334) 353-5705; Fax: (334) 242-3500 www.bank.state.al.us/ConsumerResources.htm
Atlanta Bar Association 229 Peachtree Street, NE International Tower, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30303-1601 Ph: (404) 521-0781 Fax: (404) 522-0269 www.atlantabar.org
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Home Defense Program 340 West Ponce De Leon Avenue Decatur, GA 30030 Ph: (404) 377-0705; Fax: (404) 377-2349
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. www.atlantalegalaid.org 151 Spring Street NW Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Ph: (404) 524-5811
Cobb Office - Ph: (770) 528-2565 DeKalb Office - Ph: (404) 377-0701 Gwinnett Office - Ph: (678) 376-4545 South Fulton/Clayton Office - Ph: (404) 669-0233 Senior Citizens - Ph: (404) 657-9915 or Toll-free (888) 257-9519
Better Business Bureau of Atlanta P. O. Box 161447 Atlanta, GA 30321 Ph: (404) 766-0875; Fax: (404) 768-1085 www.atlanta.bbb.org
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 Ph: (855) 411-CFPB (2372); Fax: (855) 237-2392 TTY/TDD (855) 729-CFPB (2372) http://www.consumerfinance.gov/

CredAbility / The Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta 100 Edgewood Avenue, Suite 1800 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 527-7630 or (800) 251-2227 http://www.credability.org/
Equifax P. O. Box 740241 Atlanta, GA 30374-0241 Ph: (800) 685-1111 www.equifax.com
Experian (Formerly TRW) P. O. Box 8031 Layton, UT 84041-8031; Ph: (888) 397-3742 www.experian.com
Federal Bureau of Investigation 2635 Century Center Parkway, NE, Suite 400 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 Ph: 404-679-9000; Fax: 404-679-6289 http://atlanta.fbi.gov/
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Consumer Response Center 1100 Walnut St, Box #11 Kansas City, MO 64106 Toll Free Ph: (877) 275-3342; http://www.fdic.gov/
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Federal Reserve Consumer Help PO Box 1200 Minneapolis, MN 55480 Ph: (888) 851-1920 www.federalreserveconsumerhelp.gov
Federal Trade Commission CRC-240 Washington, DC 20580 Ph: 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) www.ftc.gov; www.consumer.gov/idtheft or call 1-877-IDTHEFT
Financial Planning Association of Georgia 3227 S. Cherokee Lane, Suite 1320 Woodstock, GA 30188 Ph: (770) 516-8322; Fax: (770) 516-0236 Email: admin@fpaga.org http://www.fpaga.org/

Fulton County Office of Housing 115 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Suite 275 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 730-8100; Fax: (404) 730-8799
GA Commission on Equal Opportunity Fair Housing Division Suite 1002 West Tower 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE Atlanta, GA 30334 Ph: (404) 656-1736 (in Atlanta) Ph: (800) 473-6736 (within Georgia) Fax: (404) 656-4399; www.gceo.state.ga.us
GA Department of Community Affairs 60 Executive Park South, NE Atlanta, GA 30329-2231 Ph: (404) 679-4940; www.dca.state.ga.us www.dca.state.ga.us/housing/gfla.html
GA Department of Human Services Division of Aging Services 2 Peachtree Street, N.W., 33rd Floor Atlanta, GA 30303-3142 Ph: (404) 657-5258; Toll Free: 866-55-AGING or 866-552-4464; http://aging.dhs.georgia.gov/
GA Insurance Commissioner's Office Georgia Industrial Loan Division 2 Martin Luther King Jr., Drive, West Tower, Suite 920 Atlanta, GA 30334 Ph: (404) 656-2078, Toll-Free: (800) 656-2298, Fax: (770)408-5935 E-mail questions to: Loan@oci.ga.gov www.oci.ga.gov/IndustrialLoan/Home.aspx
GA Real Estate Commission & Appraisers Board 229 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 1000 International Tower Atlanta, GA 30303-1605 Ph: (404) 656-3916; Fax: (404) 656-6650 www.grec.state.ga.us
GA Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Coalition P. O. Box 4411 Alpharetta, GA 30023 www.grefpac.org
Revised July 26, 2013