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Rep. Chris Morrow outlines health‑care, housing and flood‑relief wins for towns
Summary
Representative Chris Morrow updated the Londonderry Selectboard on recent state actions: passage of health‑care bills, education funding changes including income‑sensitivity for property taxes, a new CHIP housing tool, and flood-relief funding with town‑level FEMA claim support and match dollars.
Representative Chris Morrow told the Selectboard the Legislature finished a packed session that included “2 big health care bills, which were really important” and changes to education funding that will alter how property taxes are calculated at the local level. He said the package includes an income‑sensitivity adjustment that will exempt a portion of homestead value (he described a roughly $425,000 homestead exemption as part of the new approach) and will create a distinct second‑home tax category that could affect options for future town revenues.
Morrow also outlined several items targeting flood recovery and local infrastructure: the session included provisions that allocate $15 million for town FEMA claims not covered by FEMA, and roughly $30 million in state/local match funding for FEMA-eligible work. On housing, he described the Community Housing Infrastructure Program (CHIP) as a new tax‑increment financing–style tool intended to help towns fund housing‑related sewer and water infrastructure, although he cautioned the rules are still being finalized. He invited towns to join state mailings and to reach out with local priorities, saying he was available to help coordinate with agencies.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 114 ("7 a is representative Chris Morrow, legislative update.") — topfinish SEG 425 (closing of Morrow remarks).
