During an administrative services working group on Monday, Jan. 13, Director of Administrative Services Tim Cummings outlined the process for choosing one of the proposed projects and what the timeline will look like.
As 2025 approaches, the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute rounded up ten fiscal facts to help inform the Granite State’s public policy conversations in the New Year.
These insights build on less detailed one-year data released earlier and collected only during 2023, and offer a deeper look into New Hampshire’s economy, poverty levels, and housing challenges.
After a public hearing and discussion, the planning and economic development committee decided to table O-24-042, that would effectively change the occupancy requirement for unrelated occupants in a single family dwelling from 1 person per 300 square feet, to 1 person per 500 square feet.
Estimates help quantify the housing crisis. New Hampshire Housing predicts a need to build 60,000 units by 2030 and 90,000 units by 2040. Median home prices continue to exceed $500,000, while rental vacancy rates remain below 1 percent.
A small gathering of residents attended an informational community meeting on Monday night about the overnight winter warming station, which was held at Elm Street Middle School.
The plan for 106 Pine St. includes 10 leased parking spaces at 50 Lemoine St., which is roughly across the street. Marguerite’s Place representatives said Thursday that only half of the residents of their transitional housing – they have five units on Palm Street – generally have a car. One and a half spaces for each unit would normally be required, as well as additional spaces for the offices planned for the ground floor of the four-story building, for a total of 38.
Housing sale indicators are up in New Hampshire from a year ago, including inventory, which while still low, is on a three-month run of being higher than it had been in nearly five years.
A candidate for Governor, a big city Mayor two housing advocates, an Executive Council candidate, a State Senator, and a State representative walk into an apartment building. This sounds like a setup for a joke but it was an actual event to highlight the serious issues of affordable housing facing New Hampshire.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig and Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess met with the team from NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire (NWSNH) to tour the new apartment building at 249 Main Street
There has been a lot of talk about the housing crisis in New Hampshire, and with the cost of housing so high, this can make the already daunting prospect of finding a place to live – let alone ever owning a home – seem that much more unattainable.