Land Use

New Grant Programs

NH Housing Finance Authority: Inclusionary Zoning Implementation Program (IZIP)

New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, recognizing an immediate need by municipalities in the state, has launched a new grant program to assist municipalities to address difficulties in creating and adopting local “inclusionary zoning” ordinances, regulations to encourage the development of affordable housing. Municipalities can apply for competitive funding. In addition to the grant funds, New Hampshire Housing will also provide grant recipients with technical assistance and communications strategies to help the public understand the need for affordable workforce housing.

New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority: Inclusionary Zoning Implementation Program (IZIP) has grants of up to $9000 for municipalities to develop and adopt inclusionary zoning ordinaces. http://www.nhhfa.org/rl_zoning.cfm

New Hampshire Housing and Conservation Planning Program

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Office of Energy and Planning is administering the Housing and Conservation Planning Program (HCPP) that enables municipalities to obtain valuable financial and technical resources to help communities develop local plans. Municipalities often face conflicting pressures for managing growth: protecting the area’s natural resources and character, while meeting the housing needs of current and future residents. The Program will award technical assistance grants to interested communities.

New Hampshire Housing and Conservation Planning Program - HCCP web site

Presentations & Documents

• Regional House Needs Assessment 2009 (PDF, 6.2 MB )
  About this document:
  The purpose of the regional housing needs assessment is to evaluate supply, demand, cost and affordability of housing within the Strafford Regional Planning Commission boundaries and to project the regional need for housing for all ages and income levels. When preparing the housing section of a local master plan, a community should indicate how it plans to address the regional needs identified in this assessment.
  
• SRPC Housing Needs Assessment (pdf, 230 kb, 22 pages)
  Description of RSA's that prescribe the requirements we must comply with every five years
• Workforce Housing Coalition (pdf, 2,201 kb, 37 pages)
• NHHFA-NH Housing Needs Study (pdf, 1,016 kb, 36 pages)
• Affordable Housing Covenant (pdf, 1,041 kb, 26 pages)
• Pursuit to Permanent Affordable Housing (pdf, 476 kb, 13 pages)