 Bill Hearings Week of 04/07/2025 What if corporations were allowed to buy up homes in your single family neighborhoods and then added 2 detached buildings on each property they intended to rent? We bet you did not bargain for that when you bought your home. Numerous housing and zoning bills that chip away at local control were rushed through the Senate despite certain Senators (Ricciardi in particular) valiantly trying to protect your family neighborhoods. They will now get hearings this week in the stacked House “Housing” Committee. Find them here: https://bedfordresidents.com/bra/2025/04/05/bill-hearings-for-week-of-april-7/ The complaint from those fighting for us is that there are not enough people appearing to testify and not enough people writing in or calling to oppose these bills. When you call or write, request that your testimony be presented at the hearing if you cannot be there! The House Housing Committee is the stacked committee that will likely rubber stamp them as “Ought to Pass” (OTP). You can use the House Portal, or email the House Housing Committee directly: https://gc.nh.gov/house/committees/committeedetails.aspx?id=1711 These are the bills you want to comment on this week: https://bedfordresidents.com/bra/2025/04/05/bill-hearings-for-week-of-april-7/ You can also check both the House and Senate Testimony Portals during the week in case hearings are scheduled after you receive this message: https://gc.nh.gov/house/committees/remotetestimony/ https://gc.nh.gov/remotecommittee/senate.aspx The full list of bills is here – some could still use commentary to the committee: https://bedfordresidents.com/bra/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/BRA_Bill_Watch2025.pdf Gov. Ayotte does not understand the consequences of passing these bills. CALL THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND DEMAND A CALL BACK: 1-603-271-2121 Explain that if these bills pass both bodies, she needs to VETO them. Remind her that she promised she would not “Mass Up NH” and that she needs to preserve local control and SINGLE FAMILY ZONES. KELLY.A.AYOTTE@GOVERNOR.NH.GOV (email seemed to work when last used). Remind your legislators that HOUSING and ZONING bills will chip away at local control and shift he tax burden onto the single-family homeowners. And more importantly, they would remove the choice of living style for 70% of all NH residents while not helping increase the supply of affordable housing in the least. Central planning from the State is not preferable to 254 towns doing what their own residents want. Hopefully some Republican Reps will have the fortitude to ask for a discussion and roll call on these bills, and not just let them pass in a voice vote on recommendation from the Majority Leader. EVENTS Representative Len Turcotte, former Chair of the House Municipal Committee, will be speaking to the BRC group for awareness of this issue. Contact the group’s Chair to let her know you want to attend if you are not a member. She may ask you to arrive after the business portion of the meeting. This is a non-partisan issue and Rep Turcotte is very good at taking your questions. Bedford Republican Committee Meeting April 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM Murphy’s Taproom and Carriage House 393 RTE-101, Bedford, NH Danielle Evansic, Chair (ping me for email) ===HOUSING POLICY ROUNDTABLE Join us, the Saint Anselm College Ethics for Society, and the NH Housing Legislative Caucus at the NH Institute of Politics on April 10th from 3pm to 5pm for a housing policy roundtable and networking event. We’ll be joined by AARP and other housing partners in the discussion on how policies like ADUs by right can make an impact on the Granite State’s housing shortage! Sign up here and we look forward to seeing you Yours in action! Cameron Shank Education & Coalition Manager The Forward Foundation Email: cameron@forwardnh.org Phone: (513)432-7945 Your help is appreciated! If you have any questions about a bill or not sure what to do, please don’t hesitate to call or email info@bedfordresidents.com or 603-471-0138. If you have to leave a message, speak loudly and clearly. We will call you back. Have a great week. ~ BRA |
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