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Property-rights bill draws mixed reaction: proponents call it ‘owner’s bill of rights,’ municipal groups warn of undone workforce-housing framework
Summary
Prime sponsor Rep. Julia Soti framed HB 1619 as a 'property-owner's bill of rights' to ease permitting and protect owners from overreaching local rules; realtors and municipal groups warned the proposal as drafted would undermine workforce-housing statutes and raise technical and fiscal questions.
Representative Julia Soti, the prime sponsor, opened the public hearing on HB 1619 by calling the bill a “property-owner’s bill of rights,” saying it would simplify permitting and protect small property owners from what she described as overbearing regulations and HOA creep. “I put together this bill originally as a, property owner's bill of rights because, looks like we've been having a housing shortage,” the sponsor said.
Testimony showed a clear split. Peter Rondeau, president of the New Hampshire…
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