A new statewide report, the 2025 New Hampshire Legal Needs Study: Mapping the Geography of Civil Legal Needs in the Granite State, provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of civil legal needs and access to justice across New Hampshire, highlighting both the scale of unmet need and opportunities for targeted solutions.
Read MoreKeith was a 55-year-old man living alone in an apartment in Rochester. 603 Legal Aid (603LA) helped Keith defeat 2 evictions over the last year.
Keith’s 3rd eviction hearing took place on August 29th. Unfortunately, Keith couldn’t connect with 603LA until August 30th.
Read MoreRecently, one of our attorneys Jeff was connected with a new client. Our client's hearing was on that Tuesday, and her abuser (who was represented by an attorney) had filed a cross Domestic Violence Protection Order against her, a Petition for Divorce, and an Ex Parte to regain access to the marital home. She felt inundated with these filings, was overwhelmed, and did not know what to do.
Read MoreOne of our Low-Income Taxpayer Project (LITP) volunteers shared an inspiring story about helping a client resolve a tax liability of over $38,000 after cashing out his retirement account. Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, we were able to negotiate an “offer in compromise” (OIC) and relieve him of this significant debt.
Read MoreKeith, a 55-year-old man living alone in an apartment in Rochester, faced a challenging year with not one, but three eviction hearings. Thanks to the dedicated support of 603 Legal Aid (603LA), Keith successfully fought back against two evictions. But his third eviction hearing in August 2023 would test his resolve.
Read MoreA tenant in a mobile home park was lacking heating due to a cracked furnace. After notifying the landlord about the issue in early October, she was served with an eviction notice a week later, citing renovations as the reason. Despite the cold, the landlord refused to restore the heat.
Read MoreLaurianne is a 58-year-old woman living with her adult child and minor grandchildren in a single-family home in Kingston. Laurianne moved in about 12 years ago and had always maintained a good business relationship with her landlord. But recently, Laurianne noticed that the landlord had become extremely irritable over issues which she considered either trivial or nonexistent. Laurianne suspected her landlord, a combat veteran, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Read More603 Legal Aid and Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. are proud to announce that they have partnered to launch the 603 Name Change Project. This New Hampshire initiative will provide free legal name change services to low-income members of the LGBTQ+ community and others who may seek to change their name for safety reasons.
Read MoreNina is a 61-year-old woman living with her 2 emotional support dogs in a rented home in a small, rural town up north. Nina moved in 5 years ago with her elderly mother. Nina's mother died last summer, and Nina has struggled to stay current with the rent. Nina's landlady, who lives next door in her own home, handed Nina an eviction notice that required her to leave by July 10.
Read More"Jim" has been disabled for over twenty years, receiving SSDI off and on since 2004. Because of this, he hasn't had a filing requirement in a long time and didn't file a 2019 tax return until October 2020, when he decided to file to get his first and second economic impact payments -- a total of $1,800. He was incarcerated at the time and no longer receiving the SSDI payments that would've triggered the stimulus checks.
Read More603 Legal Aid received nearly $700,000 in funding this summer to launch two new projects helping New Hampshire residents with low income who are facing civil legal issues.
Read More603 Legal Aid’s limited resources mean that even if someone is eligible for legal aid, we can’t always provide them our full scope of services. Often, people come to us because they don’t know where else to turn. When this occurs, our staff find creative ways to promote equal access to justice so the playing field is level.
Read MoreIn this inaugural episode of the Granite Justice podcast, Shane Cooper, an Associate Dean at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law talks with a paralegal at 603 Legal Aid about the 540-A petition which is used to provide protection for tenants against unjust actions from landlords…
Read MoreAre you having a hard time searching for legal information for your case? We are glad to inform you that thanks to the New Hampshire Law Library new project, you can now have free remote access to Westlaw…
Read MoreCindy called 603 Legal Aid just a few days before she had to appear at eviction court. She said her landlord didn’t like her dog, Milo, and had falsely alleged in his eviction notice that Milo had attacked people. Cindy was intimidated by her landlord and feared she would not be able to successfully tell her side of the story.
Read MoreHoward is a 73 year old man living alone in Central New Hampshire. When he fell behind with his rental payments his landlord served him with a demand for rent and an eviction notice. Not knowing what to do, Howard contacted 603 Legal Aid and spoke to a housing advocate.
Read MoreJoe’s tax liability arose from unpaid federal income tax for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019. During those years, he was romantically involved with a woman, eventually moving in with her. She offered to take care of his finances and paperwork, and he gratefully accepted, conceding his cognitive challenges and lifelong difficulties with such matters.
Read MoreHousing, Tenants Rights, Eviction Process and Courts- 603 Legal Aid is on the case! Since the fall of 2021, 603 Legal Aid, along with New Hampshire Legal Assistance, has been providing legal advice and representation through courthouse sponsored eviction clinics.
Read MoreRefundable tax credits are payments from the IRS. If you don’t owe any tax, the whole amount will come to you as a refund. If you do owe some tax, the credits will pay down whatever you owe, and then you’ll get any leftover credits.
Read MoreLast-minute legal aid reverses eviction and prevents homelessness for a single father and his daughters locked out of their home in New Hampshire.
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