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2020 General News
December
National Risk Index (NRI)
- By: FEMA
- 12/17/2020
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IRS warns people about a COVID-related text message scam
- By: Internal Revenue Service
- 12/08/2020
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FEMA looks to provide hurricane victims temporary housing
- By: The Associated Press (via New Orleans City Business)
- 12/08/2020
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Floods Follow Fires Those at Risk of Mudflows Encouraged to Buy Flood Insurance
- By: FEMA
- 12/07/2020
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November
Security Summit partners warn taxpayers of new COVID-related text scam
- By: Internal Revenue Service
- 11/05/2020
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October
Tax Tip 2020-140: What happens after a disaster that leads to taxpayer relief
- By: IRS
- 10/21/2020
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IRS provides tax relief for victims of September wildfires in California; Oct. 15 deadline, other dates extended to Jan. 15
- By: IRS
- 10/20/2020
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IRS provides tax relief for victims of Hurricane Delta; Oct. 15 deadline, other dates extended to Feb. 16
- By: IRS
- 10/20/2020
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IRS Tax Tip 2020-138: Reviewing these disaster resources now can help taxpayers be more prepared later
- By: IRS
- 10/19/2020
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COVID-19 National Emergency Declared: FEMA Should Act Now to Activate ABA Disaster Legal Services
- By: American Bar Association
- 10/01/2020
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September
Homes Are Becoming Harder To Insure Thanks To Climate Change
- By: Huffington Post
- 09/29/2020
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How people can reconstruct records lost in a natural disaster
- By: IRS
- 09/28/2020
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Amid Virus, Disaster Attys Struggle To Reach Survivors
- By: Law 360
- 09/21/2020
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Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes
- By: NPR
- 09/16/2020
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Federal Register Notice: Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19
- By: Center for Disease Control
- 09/04/2020
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COVID Tax Tip 2020-113 Federal benefit recipients with children have more time to get the $500 Economic Impact Payment
- By: Internal Revenue Service
- 09/03/2020
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August
DHS Funds Research to Model Compound Flood Events
- By: Department of Homeland Security
- 08/31/2020
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Legal Aid Programs Announce Covid-19 Civil Legal Hotline
- By: WCLU Radio
- 08/27/2020
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Free legal help for those affected by disasters
- By: NBC Local News
- 08/27/2020
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Free legal assistance available for residents affected by Hurricane Laura
- By: Texomas
- 08/27/2020
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Marshalltown hit hard by derecho just two years after catastrophic tornado
- By: Business Record
- 08/13/2020
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Homeless System Response:Leveraging Integrated Data to Support and EnhanceCOVID-19 Responses (PDF)
- By: HUD
- 08/03/2020
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Homeless System Response:Public Housing Authority Data Sharing Agreements (PDF)
- By: HUD
- 08/03/2020
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July
Fixing America’s Broken Disaster Housing Recovery System Part One (PDF)
- By: NLIHC
- 07/30/2020
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FIxing America's Broken Disaster Housing Recovery System: Part Two (PDF)
- By: NLIHC
- 07/30/2020
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Will the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally remake the legal industry?
- By: American Bar Association
- 07/29/2020
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Help yourself recover missing documents after a disaster
- By: MSN
- 07/28/2020
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New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response
- By: See link for full article.
- 07/22/2020
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Community Legal Aid launches new project to curb eviction crisis
- By: ABC News 5 Cleveland
- 07/20/2020
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Legal clinic looks to support small businesses, non-profits during pandemic
- By: WNCT 9
- 07/17/2020
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Homeowners with mortgages from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now have another option to defer payments during COVID-19
- By: Business Insider
- 07/16/2020
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HUD PROVIDES EVICTION PREVENTION AND STABILITY TOOLKIT IN LATEST COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORT
- By: Department of Housing and Urban Development
- 07/13/2020
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Legal Aid offers help to hurricane survivors
- By: Carolina Coastline
- 07/07/2020
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Legal Aid offers help to hurricane survivors
- By: Carteret County News-Times
- 07/07/2020
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June
Here are reasons people should file a 2019 tax return; Economic Impact Payment, tax credits available for some
- By: IRS
- 06/30/2020
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Small businesses have COVID-19 questions, and the legal profession is working to answer them
- By: ABA Journal
- 06/29/2020
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State, FEMA Continue Working On Tennessee Recovery From April Storms
- By: Chattanooga Pulse
- 06/29/2020
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New Guidance Published for Housing Providers on Protecting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Domestic Violence During COVID-19
- By: National Low Income Housing Coalition
- 06/29/2020
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FEMA Flood Map Service Center
- By: FEMA
- 06/25/2020
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Relief for taxpayers affected by COVID-19 who take distributions or loans from retirement plans
- By: IRS
- 06/22/2020
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Title VII US Supreme Court Decision: A Discussion and Analysis
- By: ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- 06/22/2020
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Trump Signs Executive Order on Policing, Includes Provisions Related to Homelessness
- By: NLIHC
- 06/22/2020
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Landmark SCOTUS Ruling Weakens Administration Attempts to Allow Discrimination against LGBTQ People in Shelters
- By: NLIHC
- 06/22/2020
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HUD PIH Summarizes Public Housing Tenant Protection Voucher Policies
- By: NLIHC
- 06/22/2020
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Florida’s Small Businesses Still Need Pro Bono Counsel
- By: Daily Business Review
- 06/19/2020
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The three P's of disaster preparedness: Legal issues critical during hurricane season
- By: Tallahassee Democrat
- 06/18/2020
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Houston-area legal aid organizations provide assistance to those struggling to pay rent during COVID-19
- By: Community Impact
- 06/16/2020
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Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During A Crisis
- By: Law 360
- 06/16/2020
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The Three P’s of disaster legal preparedness
- By: Talahassee Democrat
- 06/15/2020
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From Rent Freezes To Liquor Buybacks: How States Are Helping People Cope
- By: NPR
- 06/10/2020
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Here’s what you need to know about disaster relief for undocumented immigrants in California
- By: Sacramento Bee
- 06/10/2020
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WATCH LIVE: FEMA head testifies on federal government’s response to COVID-19 pandemic
- By: PBS News Hour
- 06/09/2020
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FEMA prepared for upcoming hurricane season thanks to pandemic response
- By: Federal News Network
- 06/09/2020
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Volunteer Lawyers Project provides free life planning documents for healthcare workers
- By: Brooklyn Daily Eagle
- 06/08/2020
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Coronavirus Surge in Legal Cases
- By: New York Law Journal
- 06/05/2020
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Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During A Crisis
- By: Law 360
- 06/03/2020
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Hurricane season 2020 and COVID-19
- By: Federal Trade Commission
- 06/01/2020
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May
What happens if you get coronavirus at work? Experts say it might be hard to prove.
- By: The Washington Post
- 05/29/2020
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Law and Technology: Online Legal Services that Help Bridge the Access-to-Justice Gap
- By: Katelyn N. Ringrose
- 05/28/2020
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Do detainee transfers increase COVID-19 cases? Judge orders ICE to disclose data
- By: Miami Herald
- 05/28/2020
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Eviction proceedings and debt collections can resume this month, Texas Supreme Court order
- By: NBC Local News
- 05/28/2020
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COVID-19 Has Made It Harder for the Poor to Get Legal Aid. Here's What Lawyers Can Do Today to Help
- By: Connecticut Law Tribune
- 05/28/2020
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Eviction filings down, non-profits still prepared for the worst
- By: ABC Local News
- 05/27/2020
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An ‘Avalanche of Evictions’ Could Be Bearing Down on America’s Renters
- By: The New York Times
- 05/27/2020
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How to stay cool without air conditioning this summer
- By: CNN Health
- 05/25/2020
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Coronavirus and the Courts: Challenges Faced
- By: New York Law Journal
- 05/22/2020
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Disaster During a Pandemic – The Tornado that Hit Onalaska, Texas in the Midst of the Novel Coronavirus
- By: Lone Star Legal Aid
- 05/22/2020
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Announcing The First-Ever Virtual Bar Exam Summit
- By: Above the Law
- 05/22/2020
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Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During A Crisis
- By: Law 360
- 05/19/2020
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In Search Of A Silver Lining: How The Legal Community Is Serving During COVID-19
- By: Above the Law
- 05/18/2020
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Legal ‘Rescue Corps’ To Aid New Yorkers Affected By Coronavirus
- By: NPR
- 05/18/2020
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Atlanta Firms Start Pro Bono Clinic to Aid Small Businesses With COVID-19 Problems
- By: Daily Report
- 05/14/2020
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Embracing Legal Technology Is Critical in the COVID-19 Era
- By: The Legal Intelligencer
- 05/13/2020
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COVID-19 Has Created A Legal Aid Crisis. FEMA's Usual Response Is Missing
- By: NPR
- 05/12/2020
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CLEA: Social Justice in Legal Clinics: Tennessee and Memphis Collaboration on Housing and Eviction Justice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- By: Law Professors. Com
- 05/12/2020
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Lawyers as Essential Second Responders in Catastrophes
- By: Law Dragon
- 05/11/2020
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How South Carolina storm victims can get free legal assistance
- By: ABC Local News
- 05/08/2020
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How to find free legal help in Houston during the coronavirus pandemic
- By: Click 2 Houston
- 05/08/2020
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Want to provide COVID-19 pro bono help? Try this new portal launched by ABA and Paladin
- By: ABA Journal
- 05/05/2020
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Disaster Aid Portal Aims To Ease Hunt For Pro Bono Work
- By: Law 360
- 05/04/2020
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COVID-19 Threatens A New Eviction Crisis
- By: Huffington Post
- 05/03/2020
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LegalZoom Sponsors National Disaster Relief Portal Created by American Bar Association and Paladin to Provide Free Legal Services to Those Impacted by COVID-19
- By: OA Online
- 05/01/2020
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How can law students help in the midst of COVID-19?
- By: Harvard Law
- 05/01/2020
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Legal Services Alabama standing on the front lines with public during coronavirus crisis
- By: Montgomery Advertiser
- 05/01/2020
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April
Sharp increase in applications, calls for help as eviction ban ends May 1
- By: ABC Local News
- 04/30/2020
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BAR REPORT - NJSBA seeks volunteer attorneys to assist those who need legal aid because of COVID-19
- By: NJ Law Journal
- 04/29/2020
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For some law students, clinic work during COVID-19 feels more real than ever before
- By: ABA Journal
- 04/28/2020
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Pro Bono Legal Plan To Help People Secure Unemployment Benefits in NY Takes Shape
- By: Spectrum News
- 04/28/2020
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Isolated and scared: The plight of juveniles locked up during the coronavirus pandemic
- By: USA Today
- 04/27/2020
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Tracking COVID-19’s Impact On Employment Law: Difficult At Best, Contradictory At Worst
- By: Above the law
- 04/24/2020
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Health Care Providers Seek Legal Protections Amid COVID-19
- By: Daily Business Review
- 04/24/2020
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Legal Battles Loom As Businesses Hit By Coronavirus Sue Insurers Who Won’t Pay Claims
- By: CBS Chicago
- 04/23/2020
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Landlords Are Illegally Evicting Tenants During The Coronavirus Pandemic. Lawyers Fear A “Tsunami” Of Evictions When State Moratoriums End.
- By: Buzzfeed News
- 04/23/2020
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The Race to Get Migrants out of Detention Before COVID Strikes
- By: California Magazine
- 04/16/2020
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Coronavirus will overwhelm our civil legal-aid system
- By: Seattle Times
- 04/15/2020
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Five Great Ways to Do Pro Bono Online (Coronavirus Edition)
- By: Lawline Blog
- 04/15/2020
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Baker Botts Publishes Comprehensive COVID-19 Resource Guide for Individuals
- By: Tyler Morning Telegraph
- 04/15/2020
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Undocumented workers face obstacles qualifying for benefits during the pandemic
- By: CalMatters
- 04/14/2020
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ABA Young Lawyers Division establishes national hotline for pandemic-related legal services
- By: ABA Journal
- 04/13/2020
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Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During Virus Crisis
- By: Law 360
- 04/13/2020
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Iowa Hotline Set-Up for Coronavirus-Related Legal Issues
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 04/08/2020
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Three Rivers Legal Services Anticipates Increased Need During Pandemic
- By: Legal Services Corporation
- 04/08/2020
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Suffolk Law looks to increase court access during pandemic
- By: The National Jurist
- 04/08/2020
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ABA joins RingCentral for national hotline for pandemic, disaster-related legal needs
- By: American Bar Association
- 04/08/2020
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Law School clinical programs offer legal aid during crisis
- By: Cornell Law School
- 04/07/2020
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The ABA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force
- By: American Bar Association
- 04/07/2020
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A Gathering Storm Threatens the Future of Legal Aid
- By: Connecticut Law Tribune
- 04/06/2020
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Coronavirus could overwhelm legal help for America's poor
- By: Register Herald
- 04/06/2020
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Unsafe At Home: Virus Stirs Domestic Violence Fears
- By: Law 360
- 04/06/2020
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March
Coronavirus could overwhelm legal help for America’s poor
- By: Roll Call
- 03/31/2020
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Pro Bono Puzzle: Attys Try To Navigate Helping From Home
- By: Law 360
- 03/31/2020
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Pandemic disrupts justice system, courts
- By: American Bar Association
- 03/31/2020
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Web portal connects lawyers to those in need during pandemic
- By: American Bar Association
- 03/31/2020
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NY State Bar Association, Courts to Launch Pro Bono Network to Help With Pandemic Response
- By: New York Law Journal
- 03/30/2020
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FEMA Extends Grace Period for Flood Insurance Renewal Premiums
- By: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- 03/29/2020
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How Policy Makers Can Support the Public’s Access to Justice During COVID-19 – Toll the Deadlines to File New Claims
- By: JD Supra
- 03/27/2020
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NY Immigration Attorneys Demand Coronavirus Safeguards
- By: Law 360
- 03/27/2020
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An Equitable Systems Transformation Framework for COVID-19
- By: National Innovation Service
- 03/27/2020
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Inside The Fight To Block Evictions During A Pandemic
- By: Law 360
- 03/26/2020
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How Coronavirus May Change Criminal Justice
- By: Law 360
- 03/26/2020
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Isolation During the Coronavirus can be Dangerous for Domestic Violence Victims
- By: Lonestar Legal Aid
- 03/24/2020
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ABA Task Force Chief On Meeting The Challenge Of COVID-19
- By: Law 360
- 03/22/2020
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Attorneys offer assistance to tornado victims
- By: Herald-Citizen
- 03/09/2020
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Law students to spend spring break giving back through free legal services
- By: The Daily Tar Heel
- 03/06/2020
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February
The Lack of Proof of Ownership in Puerto Rico Is Crippling Repairs in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
- By: American Bar Association
- 02/21/2020
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Flood disaster funds earmarked for housing recovery, federal rules state
- By: The Monitor
- 02/06/2020
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Allocations, Common Application, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements for Disaster Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grantees
- By: Department of Housing and Urban Development
- 02/06/2020
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January
The Center for Urban Pedagogy and Pro Bono Net Announce "Figuring Out FEMA"
- By: Pro Bono Net
- 01/20/2020
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The Harris County Flood Control District’s Model and Map Management (M3) System
- By: Harris County Flood Control District
- 01/03/2020
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Homeowners will soon be required to report past FEMA claims to buyers
- By: ABC 15 News
- 01/03/2020
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FEMA Can Assist With Furnaces, Wells And Septic Systems
- By: Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan
- 01/03/2020
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