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With two months left to spend the money, officials say the rental relief program – which compensates landlords for back rent to prevent existing tenants from eviction – is a surer bet to get it out the door.

Editor’s Note: This story was first published onNew Hampshire Bulletin.Flush with federal cash after a series of stimulus packages, New Hampshire officials have spent more than a year building up housing programs to stave off evictions and help...

Flush with federal cash after a series of stimulus packages, New Hampshire officials have spent more than a year building up housing programs to stave off evictions and help homeless people in the state. But the efforts have been complicated by tough upcoming federal deadlines dictating how fast the money must be spent. Departments face an increasingly urgent choice: spend the money or lose it. Now, officials are beginning to move money around to try to meet those deadlines.

Changes include reducing the amount of money allocated to two housing stability programs and diverting the dollars to rental relief.