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NH Senate committee moves SB 471 "Inexpedient to Legislate" after debate on municipal housing tool
Summary
Sen. Deborah Altschuler presented SB 471 as an optional municipal tool to address housing shortages; committee members cited concerns about unlimited fees, regional coordination, and housing price effects and voted ITL (Inexpedient to Legislate).
Sen. Deborah Altschuler, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 471, told the Ways & Means Committee the bill was intended to give municipalities an optional tool to address affordable housing shortages and to compensate for reduced state housing investments after the housing champions grant program was defunded. "This program is a great incentive program that unfortunately has been completely defunded, but the housing crisis remains," Altschuler said during…
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