workforce housing

This roundtable discussion will focus on the factors, conditions, and incentives which attract developers to propose new housing developments in a community and the barriers which keep them away.

• Jack Franks, President & CEO, Avanru Development Group Ltd.
• John Randolph, Owner, GSD Construction
• Maggie Randolph, Architect, GSD Studios
• Kara LaSalle, Real Estate Development Director, Lakes Region Community Developers

This presentation will focus on how two different communities worked to not only change their zoning ordinances, but also their approaches to development, focusing more on working with applicants to help them fit their proposals to their respective zoning ordinance.

• Bryce Kaw-uh, City of Manchester, Planning Board Chair
• Bart McDonough, Town of Newmarket, Planning & Community Development Director

This presentation will focus on the background of the housing shortage and the direction that housing development appears to be headed. It will include an overview of OPD’s “New Hampshire’s Housing Supply: Current Estimates and Trends – 2023 Update”, a report on residential building permit activity throughout the state in 2022.

• Ken Gallager, BEA, Office of Planning & Development, Principal Planner
• Natch Greyes, NHMA, Government Affairs Counsel
• Noah Hodgetts, BEA, Office of Planning & Development, Principal Planner

The Housing Appeal Board was established by the legislature during the 2020 session and consists of three full-time board members appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court, who are deemed "learned and experienced in questions of land use." The Housing Appeals Board hears appeals from local land use board decisions involving “questions of housing and housing development.”