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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: NH tenants await rental aid amid eviction fears

By Michael Casey Jun. 25, 2021 12:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 19, 2021 file photo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic but says this is expected to be the last time it does so. Walensky extended the evictions moratorium from June 30 until July 31. The CDC said Thursday it's "intended to be the final extension of the moratorium.” (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP)
CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it's last time

By Ashraf Khalil And Michael Casey Jun. 24, 2021 10:10 AM EDT

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Calls for extension of eviction ban as new deadline looms

By Ashraf Khalil And Michael Casey Jun. 23, 2021 05:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours his new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y. Two studies released Wednesday, June 16, 2021, found that the nation's housing availability and affordability crisis is expected to worsen significantly following the pandemic, likely widening the housing gap between Black, Latino and white households, as well as putting homeownership out of the reach of lower class Americans. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Millions fear eviction as US housing crisis worsens

By Ken Sweet And Michael Casey Jun. 16, 2021 12:53 PM EDT

Young people dance during prom at the Grace Gardens Event Center in El Paso, Texas on Friday, May 7, 2021. Around 2,000 attended the outdoor event at the private venue after local school districts announced they would not host proms this year. Tickets cost $45. (AP Photo/Paul Ratje)
Some proms are back, with masks, testing and distancing

By Michael Casey And Cedar Attanasio May. 13, 2021 09:19 AM EDT

Kyle Pfau, an oysterman with Fat Dog Shellfish Co., dumps out a tray of adult "Uglie" oysters from Maine onto a relocation area at Great Bay, Monday, May 3, 2021, in Durham, N.H. Thousands of Uglies from Maine, which were left to grow due to lack of retail demand of more than a year because of the virus outbreak, were relocated to Great Bay to enhance the shellfish species in New Hampshire coastal waters. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Pandemic-hit oyster farmers turn to conservation to survive

By Michael Casey May. 13, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

FILE- In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Isabel Miranda drinks coffee in her rental apartment where she lives with her partner and two sons, in Haverhill, Mass. A federal judge has ruled, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, that the Centers for Disease Control exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium to provide protection for renters out of concern that having families lose their homes and move into shelters or share crowded conditions with relatives or friends during the pandemic would further spread the highly contagious virus. Miranda and her family would no longer have this eviction protection if this ruling stands. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help

By Michael Casey May. 09, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

FILE- In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Isabel Miranda drinks coffee in her rental apartment where she lives with her partner and two sons, in Haverhill, Mass. A federal judge has ruled, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, that the Centers for Disease Control exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium to provide protection for renters out of concern that having families lose their homes and move into shelters or share crowded conditions with relatives or friends during the pandemic would further spread the highly contagious virus. Miranda and her family would no longer have this eviction protection if this ruling stands. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Federal judge strikes down CDC eviction moratorium

By Michael Casey May. 05, 2021 04:46 PM EDT

Attorney Mark Melton poses for a photo in front of his home in Dallas, Friday, April 2, 2021. Melton has formed a group made up of volunteer attorneys to help people avoid evictions if they can't pay rent due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Dallas lawyer takes up mission to help people avoid eviction

By Jamie Stengle And Michael Casey Apr. 27, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Candida Uraga poses for a photo in the doorway of her apartment in New York, Friday, March 19, 2021. She has struggled to pay rent after being laid off from her job as a teaching assistant during the pandemic, and was denied help under a federally-funded rental assistance program. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

By Michael Casey Mar. 30, 2021 12:04 PM EDT

Isabel Miranda's 4-year-old son, Julian, rides his bike into the hallway, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, of their rental apartment in Haverhill, Mass. The Biden administration is extending a federal moratorium on evictions of tenants who've fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic. Miranda, who has an eviction hearing next month from the apartment, said she had mixed feelings about the extension. She worries that the courts and the landlord will not recognize the federal moratorium but also recognizes it gives her time to come up with the nearly $10,000 in back rent. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended

By Ashraf Khalil And Michael Casey Mar. 29, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks with members of the press near a waiting motorcade vehicle after stepping off Air Force One at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Friday, March 26, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The eviction moratorium is expiring. What will Biden do?

By Ashraf Khalil And Michael Casey Mar. 27, 2021 12:30 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks with members of the press near a waiting motorcade vehicle after stepping off Air Force One at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Friday, March 26, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The eviction moratorium is expiring. What will Biden do?

By Ashraf Khalil And Michael Casey Mar. 26, 2021 05:45 PM EDT

Tenants' rights advocates march to the JFK federal building, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Boston. The protest was part of a national day of action calling on the incoming Biden administration to extend the eviction moratorium initiated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Housing advocates call on Biden to extend eviction ban

By Michael Casey Jan. 13, 2021 03:20 PM EST

An illustration made from a photo provided by Meghan Carrier of a teddy bear she made from her father Cleon Boyd's flannel shirts. (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Lives Lost: Families find solace in memories and mementos

By Peter Prengaman And Raghuram Vadarevu, With Illustrations By Peter Hamlin Dec. 30, 2020 11:16 AM EST

A tufted titmouse grabs a seed from a snow covered bird feeder during a snowstorm, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
'Unbelievable' snowfall blankets parts of the Northeast

By Mary Esch Dec. 17, 2020 01:05 AM EST

House members consider meeting in cars in January

By Michael Casey Dec. 14, 2020 09:49 AM EST
The House of Representatives is tentatively planning to hold a drive-in style meeting in January at the University of New Hampshire in the wake of its speaker...

In this Dec. 2, 2020 photo, New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch speaks during an outdoor legislative session at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Hinch died, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, just a week after he was sworn in as leader of the state's newly Republican-led Legislature. He was 71. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Exposure feared after New Hampshire speaker dies of COVID-19

By Michael Casey Dec. 10, 2020 01:26 PM EST

FILE - Housing activists erect a sign in front of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's house, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Swampscott, Mass. Renters are still being evicted during the coronavirus pandemic despite a federal order that is supposed to keep them in their homes. The nationwide eviction ban went into effect Sept. 4 and was supposed to replace many state and local bans that had expired. But tenant advocates said there are still people unaware of the directive implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that broadly prevents evictions for nonpayment of rent through the end of 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
Despite federal ban, renters still being evicted amid virus

By Michael Casey Nov. 29, 2020 10:01 AM EST

In this Nov. 12, 2020, photo, a University of Vermont student walks toward a tent leading to a COVID-testing site on campus in Burlington, Vt. As coronavirus cases are surging around the U.S., some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
US colleges mull new virus protocols for students' return

By Lisa Rathke Nov. 27, 2020 09:28 AM EST