Recent Local News on Housing, Health, Hunger, Poverty and Policy

Every Little Bit Helps: Lawmakers want to offload New Hampshire's surplus property for affordable housing (Reddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/comments/1r8cwby/every_little_bit_helps_lawmakers_want_to_offload/

Tariffs and Economic Uncertainty Exacerbate the U.S. Housing Crisis (Joint Economic Committee for US Senate): https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/press-releases?ID=7B8A1702-3767-4126-9F09-5B160C5031C4

Column: High prices, limited supply continue to strain NH housing (Valley News / New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute): https://vnews.com/2026/04/05/new-hampshire-housing-market-2/

Home Sweet (Extra) Home: How ADUs and other alternatives can boost housing supply in NH (NH Business Review): https://youtu.be/JA3qStpCV2I?si=AwqPF5jnokhwLhCu

News & Updates (Housing Action NH): https://housingactionnh.org/news/

New Raymond housing development aims to address affordable living shortage (WMUR): https://www.wmur.com/article/raymond-housing-development-affordable-4326/70931466

2026 New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessness active engagement in State policy initiatives through letters of testimony:

• House Bill 1336

• Senate Bill 441

• House Bill 1499

• House Bill 1598

• House Bill 1091

Homeless in NH (WMUR): https://www.wmur.com/homeless-in-new-hampshire

Food aid doesn’t make people loafers – research shows government benefits help low-income people find jobs (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/politics/food-aid-doesn-t-make-people-loafers-research-shows-government-benefits-help-low-income-people/article_e7dad64d-f570-506c-af18-d74875d1813c.html

NH's Business: Affordable housing & zoning mandates within NH (WMUR): https://youtu.be/aP2dEgY8cWU?si=XEaunWzCJU0Xfqhj

Memorial Hospital president discusses future of rural health care (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/local/memorial-hospital-president-discusses-future-of-rural-health-care/article_13f997dd-7e7a-42ac-86bb-884d7b5ba7f0.html

NH Chronicle: The NH Food Bank helps provide for the food insecure in New Hampshire (WMUR): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nSC6yCfBps

Lakes Region communities say natural gas moratorium is hurting housing development (NHPR): https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-04-08/natural-gas-energy-housing-development-nh-lakes-region-liberty-utilities

Man with tuberculosis in NH found, now getting treatment at hospital (WMUR): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG9aKnradvM

To scrutinize indigent defendants, state officials consider using wage data (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/state/to-scrutinize-indigent-defendants-state-officials-consider-using-wage-data/article_b8f12cbf-d745-56ba-a903-a7e8e729d892.html

Pappas cites Carroll County food insecurity to push bill (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/special_sections/pappas-cites-carroll-county-food-insecurity-to-push-bill/article_c6a40fbe-1eb7-4040-a80f-98317270c1b8.html

Old Isaacson Steel offices to be turned into housing (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/realestate/columns/old-isaacson-steel-offices-to-be-turned-into-housing/article_88dfcffe-0f6b-4348-978c-38db969ea089.html

Legislators seek a safe path for New Hampshire to join ‘plug and play’ solar trend (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/state/legislators-seek-a-safe-path-for-new-hampshire-to-join-plug-and-play-solar-trend/article_479c953e-2405-5aae-b5c9-2e5146a37279.html

Decluttering Does Double Duty: Clearing Your Space Can Change Someone Else's Life (Conway Daily Sun advertorial): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/online_features/press_releases/decluttering-does-double-duty-clearing-your-space-can-change-someone-elses-life/article_31860a43-183b-5b5d-a4a2-c247af78179a.html

YMCA with pool at John Fuller property? (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/berlin_sun/business/local/ymca-with-pool-at-john-fuller-property/article_0f8e7c2d-c02e-490e-9808-e06bad8e1403.html

Nathan Morin: Coos state reps need to focus on affordability (Conway Daily Sun): https://www.conwaydailysun.com/berlin_sun/opinion/letters/nathan-morin-coos-state-reps-need-to-focus-on-affordability/article_36ed3c41-ff68-4f58-aafb-9dfb3dc9ced7.html