More than $30 million in federal funding is coming to New Hampshire from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help address the state’s housing affordability crisis.
Of all the questions and comments shared at the second Code Week workshop on enhancing housing Tuesday night, most concerned affordable housing.
From May 6 through May 10, Nashua re-CODE is holding workshops during Code Week to get community input in the following areas: commercial redevelopment, enhancing housing options, redevelopment downtown, and redeveloping post-industrial areas.
For New Hampshire to curb its current housing crisis it needs 23,500 units right now, 60,000 units by 2030, and 90,000 units by 2040. But despite these seemingly impossible targets, towns across the Granite State have found pockets of success.
Judi Currie discusses New Hampshire’s housing landscape with Nick Taylor, executive director of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast, Rob Taylor, land use and community development administrator for the town of Enfield, and Donna Benton, director of planning and community development in Dover.
Tonia Knisley has lived at Maynard Homes in Nashua, off and on, for more than 20 years.
The Planning and Economic Development Committee on Tuesday voted 4-1 to pass a motion requesting proposals relative to the sale of the Elm Street Middle School property with additional amendments, prioritizing affordable units and preservation of the Keefe Auditorium.
Lisa Morales of Keene finally received her housing voucher after 18 months of waiting — a relatively short time compared to the sometimes years-long process others face in obtaining one. Waiting was not the main issue she encountered, however — finding a landlord who would accept her voucher remains her bigger worry.
An updated presentation on the Mohawk Tannery Project was presented to the Board of Aldermen Feb. 27, outlining the clean up, redevelopment plans and the project timeline.
When the Legislature reconvened in January, the new session was met with a record number of housing bills. But Elissa Margolin is holding off on crowning this session as the “year of housing” – until she sees what policy makes it to the governor’s desk.
“There are no employers in New Hampshire that we’ve really come across that are not talking about the housing issue as something that’s kind of a break on their ability to be able to recruit and retain workforce,” said Taylor Caswell, BEA commissioner, Tuesday at the department’s NH Economic Snapshot briefing, the first in a planned series.