Nick Taylor knew he had an audience.
Poll after poll this fall showed that Granite Staters viewed housing as a top issue. On the campaign trail, candidate after candidate retold stories of New Hampshire residents worrying about the affordability of buying a starter home, paying rising property tax bills and being able to age at home as seniors.
“We knew this was a top issue facing voters,” said Taylor, the director of Housing Action NH, an advocacy group. “We constantly heard that they want action on housing, and that housing prices and housing costs were a number one driver in their day to day challenges, their family challenges, their next step in life, challenges. And so we knew there was interest.”
That interest materialized into over 60 proposed housing bills, as well as a handful of investments in the state budget.
Here is an update on key housing proposals moving through the State House.
Housing Update by Concord Monitor