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Subcommittee recommends passage of multiple housing bills; several sent for further work
Summary
The Senate Subcommittee on Housing recommended passage or further consideration for a package of housing-related bills, advancing measures on zoning flexibility, cooperative audits, stairway exceptions, parking and permit moratoria and referring a contentious covenant enforcement bill for additional work.
Senate Subcommittee on Housing members on Tuesday recommended action on a slate of housing-related bills, approving several to advance and referring others for further work.
The recommendations moved bills addressing residential development on commercially zoned land, audit and notice requirements for consumer cooperatives and resident-owned communities, stairway requirements for certain residential buildings, parking and permit moratoria. One bill proposing to allow municipal enforcement of private covenants was re-referred for additional consideration.
Why it matters: The actions collectively adjust how municipalities and the housing market interact—changing where homes may be built, what documentation cooperative communities must provide at sale, safety rules for midrise residential construction and limits on local permitting moratoria. Those changes affect developers, manufactured-home residents, municipal officials and housing advocates across New Hampshire.
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