Legal Services Administration

The federal government will shut down at 12:01am Wednesday morning without an agreement between congressional Democrats and Republicans. Most funds for HUD and Rural Development (USDA) rental assistance programs have already been legally obligated through November, so federally-assisted tenants…

Webpage provides infographics on how federal courts have ruled as of 8/14/25 on interim relief (temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, blocks pending appeal) in the 378 cases tracked by Just Security which challenge the second Trump administration's executive actions. No case tracked…

The charts below set forth the annual, monthly and weekly 2025 Federal Poverty Guidelines (based on HHS thresholds).  In addition, the annual, monthly and weekly 115% of poverty, 125% of poverty,  187.5%, 200% of poverty and 300% of poverty amounts are listed. Finally, you can…

This December 15, 2021 presentation offers legal aid and other legal help and legal information providers ideas they can use to connect with vulnerable people in need of civil legal help in Massachusetts. Recording of the Presentation: View the presentation at this link. The presentation…

The Department of Education is announcing a set of actions that, over the coming months, will restore the promise of PSLF. We will offer a time-limited waiver so that student borrowers can count payments from all federal loan programs or repayment plans toward forgiveness.