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Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use a contingency fund to cove November SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans. Benefits are due to end Saturday as the government shutdown continues.
The New Hampshire contingency plan will take about a week to put into place, officials said. New Hampshire Food Bank officials met later Wednesday to nail down details of how the plan will work.
One of the toughest nuts to crack in the struggle to increase affordable housing in New Hampshire is access to water and sewer infrastructure that would allow more density. Understanding where that that infrastructure is and how it interacts with zoning just got easier with the latest addition to the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas.
New Hampshire is the only New England state that has not joined a group of 26 in a suit filed Tuesday against the federal government over it’s refusal to use a contingency fund to pay Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits beginning Saturday.
The first step toward providing some relief for the state’s more than 75,000 SNAP recipients was taken Tuesday as the Legislative Fiscal Committee unanimously approved a contingency plan that will provide funding to shore up food bank resources.
It’s crunch time for the more than 75,000 New Hampshire residents who rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table, as the federal shutdown is likely to continue into November and the government refuses to release a reserve fund that would help keep benefits going for two or three weeks.
The biggest reaction of the day was sustained applause after Somersworth Mayor Matt Gerding said, “I was very disappointed the state of New Hampshire cut funding for housing programs in the budget. It’s critical to what we’re doing, and I was shocked the state did it in the middle of a housing crisis.
The signs that New Hampshire’s housing marking is inching toward improvement continued in September, with increased year-over-year sales and inventory, though median sales price continued to tank affordability for buyers.
It’s here, people. Hershey’s told us in July that this fall the price of its chocolate products would increase by double digits. They weren’t kidding.
A majority of New Hampshire voters think their community needs more affordable housing, and are in favor of changing land use regulations to do it, according to a new survey.