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“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.
Vose Farm Residences, an affordable workforce housing community developed by Catholic Charities NH, officially opened on Thursday, January 15, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Applications are now being accepted, with the first tenants expected to move in February.
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.
The plan to turn the long-vacant Hallsville School building on Jewett Street into 36 apartments cleared another hurdle toward development last week, a win for affordable housing in the constant push and pull between the need to address the housing crisis and neighborhoods that want housing built, but somewhere else.
MANCHESTER, NH – The latest plan to develop the vacant Hallsville School property is a marathon, not a sprint, and
There seems to be a pattern to just say “Yes” to a developer that comes before the city to one of the Boards and asks for a tax credit or a variance that will produce more money for the developer. Part of this pattern is that the city does not ask the developer to add affordable units to their proposed rental properties.
Creating more affordable housing in New Hampshire was already a challenge, but big question marks related to proposed state budget cuts, massive federal policy and funding changes, and continuing supply-chain slowdowns and price hikes may make it hard to find any positives on the horizon.
It became clear to me then that Jon Kiper, the only one of them to speak up on behalf of the people, is the kind of governor we deserve—one who respects everyone’s dignity and individual freedom enough to act with his feet and speak to our face.
The proposal now includes replacing the existing parking lot with up to 150 residential apartments in a 5-story structure, twelve (12) 3-story townhouses, and 296 parking spaces in a two-level parking deck.
Six months on the job as mayor, Ruais says there’s progress – last Tuesday the Board of Aldermen banned camping in the city and transferred half a million dollars to the police department to provide “hot spot patrols” in problem areas. Those two things will begin to move the needle, says Ruais.