In 2023, HB 44 was a defeated bill that threatened to turn certain single family-zoned neighborhoods into rental nightmares. However, this year comes an even worse bill, HB 1291, to be heard by a House \u2018Special\u2019 Committee on Housing on Feb. 16. What is the reason this bill is not being heard by the normal House Municipal Committee? Doesn\u2019t it seem suspicious that somehow, this newly created House \u2018Special\u2019 Committee on Housing\u2019s 10 members include 7 of the 8 sponsors of HB 1291? Would we be wrong to think that 7 of the 10 members are already necessarily biased?<\/p>\n
There is no way this bill will get a fair hearing. This kind of manipulation (forming special taxpayer-funded lobbying groups and committees) is typical of Sununu and his developer cronies after they fail to pass unsavory bills the normal way. Please help us stop the the eradication of NH\u2019s SF-zoned neighborhoods. It\u2019s not only an attack on the middle class but an attack on the family. Voters should contact the committee before Feb. 16 using the House portal expressing opposition to this bill. If the date of the hearing has passed, email the full committee.<\/p>\n
Jane Aitken<\/p>\n
Bedford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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