NH evictions rise during COVID moratorium

Kyle Stucker Portsmouth Herald Local landlords, according to a New Hampshire attorney who represents them, are now successfully using health and safety arguments to “couch” their efforts to evict tenants who are behind on rent because a federal COVID-19 moratorium...

Legal aid got the power back on

Vicky, a single mom of young children, has received help from NH Legal Assistance in the past. Recently, Vicky called her legal aid advocate to say the utility company had disconnected the heat in her home. To reconnect it, the company said she would need a valid...

2020 NHCLS Breakfast

Click here to watch the Breakfast LIVE The Campaign Breakfast this year will stream LIVE online at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, including: Keynote remarks from Judge Fern Fisher of Hofstra University AND the presentation of the 2020 John E. Tobin Justice Award to...

Without LARC, “I would have been suffering.”

A place to call home is one of the most basic needs for humans everywhere. When facing a worldwide public health crisis, a safe place to call home is more critical than ever. Danika learned in the midst of the pandemic that her landlord was selling the duplex she’d...

Lunch with Legal Aid, July 16

Attorney General Gordon MacDonald opened today’s Lunch with Legal Aid with a confession: “I’ve been practicing law since 1995, and my admission is that when I walk into a courtroom, to this day, I get butterflies in my stomach.” “Now, imagine walking in as a...