New Hampshire Legal Assistance Blog
NHLA Community Guidance for COVID 19 crisis
Posted May 27, 2020First published March 19, 2020
NHLA offices are closed to the public during the COVID19 health crisis, but our staff members are working, representing current clients, evaluating applications for new clients, monitoring the on-going and ever-changing landscape of benefits to help people facin ...read more
NHLA testimony to the GOFERR Stakeholder Advisory Board, May 7, 2020
Posted May 07, 2020Click here to read Executive Director Sarah Mattson Dustin's full testimony to the Stakeholder Advisory Board of the Governor's Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery. She spoke about the role that civil legal aid can play in helping people who face eviction, domestic violence or denial of benefit ...read more
NHLA applauds Gov. Sununu's protections for Granite Staters affected by COVID-19
Posted Mar 17, 2020Some of our state’s most vulnerable households will receive critical protections from the financial impacts of COVID-19 under Gov. Sununu’s executive orders issued this morning. Landlords are immediately prohibited from evicting tenants unable to pay rent due to their financial situat ...read more
NHLA response to the COVID-19 public health crisis
Posted Mar 16, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2020 – Concord, NH For more information: Sarah Palermo, NHLA communications manager spalermo@nhla.org New Hampshire Legal Assistance is committed to protecting the basic rights – as well as the health and safety – of low income ...read more