Posts by Maureen Milliken
Two years ago, town meeting voters approved an ordinance that opens the door to a type of workforce housing the town has never seen – a grouping of smaller homes, sharing some utilities, and available for rent, not purchase.
Last week, Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth notified most of the unions that have contracts with the department that their collective bargaining agreements are terminated, including American Federation of Government Employees and the and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, which represent about 800 civilian workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine.
The Housing Champions program, seemingly doomed after a New Hampshire House vote to repeal in February, may now survive after the Senate Commerce Committee voted against going forward with the appeal Tuesday.
After a tough February, March single-family home sales perked up in New Hampshire, with all major indicators trending positive, though inventory and affordability still remain historically low.
It was a year ago that the first Grocery Snapshot was published. At the time, I said I’d track prices for a year. Silly me, right? Thinking that a year would be enough. With all the craziness going on, we’re just going to keep going.
“Affordable” housing means different things to different people. There’s the official designation, which can be a hot button when it’s proposed for a neighborhood. There’s the mortgage lender’s definition when they’re considering your application. Then there’s the very specific definition when you sit down and crunch your numbers.
New Hampshire residents who live in manufactured home communities have a chance to air their concerns in a survey that U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. is making available online, part of a study she’s doing on the rising corporate control and resulting costs of living in the traditionally affordable housing.
Super Secret Ice Cream in Bethlehem and chef Evan Hennessy, of Dover, have been named finalists in the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award Finalists.
A bill that addresses one of the biggest barriers to developing housing in New Hampshire that passed the House earlier this month breezed through a Senate Commerce Committee public hearing Tuesday.
A question from an audience member summed it up: Given prices, low inventory and the fact the average age of a first-time homebuyer is 40, what hope is there for younger people who want to buy a home in New Hampshire?