Housing Costs
August 30, 2006 Monadnock Shopper News ©2006 Mike Marland
Conservation and housing clash in Newfields project
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Andrea Bulfinch
Portsmouth Herald
NEWFIELDS — While the conservation of the Piscassic Greenway was a celebrated accomplishment for the town of Newfields and others involved, it leaves in its shadow the issue of affordable housing.
The 327-acre greenway, which was to be converted into an 89-unit housing development, was secured as protected land in April 2006 with the help of U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., the Rockingham Land Trust, the Trust for Public Land and the Town of Newfields. The land is now secured for wildlife habitat, water protection and public recreational use.
This parcel of land is just one in the area that is no longer eligible for use to build affordable housing. Read the rest of this page »
New Hampshire’s going gray, Young people head for more jobs, lower rents
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Meg Heckman
Concord Monitor
About two years ago, when New Hampshire’s rents grew rougher than its winters, Jennifer White, 28, moved to Florida. Her salary didn’t change much, but her housing options did: Instead of sharing her grandparents’ Goffstown home, she and her young son found an affordable apartment near a sunny beach.
White’s southward migration is part of an exodus of young adults from New Hampshire. In the last five years, the state lost 12,000 25- to 34-year-olds, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Some simply aged into their late 30s, but demographers believe many are leaving for brighter prospects beyond state lines. Read the rest of this page »
Realtor plans condos for Dunbar St.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
PETER J. CLEARY
Keene Sentinel Staff
With a development group poised to build on the city’s former railroad land, another developer has plans for condominiums in a nearby building.
Keene realtor and landlord Mitchell H. Greenwald said he’s going to put nine condominiums in a building at the end of Dunbar Street as soon as he’s sure the railroad development will be built. He said he doesn’t want to build unless his condominiums will be part of larger development in the area. Read the rest of this page »
Growing Pains: Housing New Hampshire’s Work Force
BIA - Business & Industry Association of NH
12 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301
www.nhbia.org
OPINION/EDITORIAL – May 18, 2006
By Jim Roche
Think about this: In New Hampshire, a family earning the state’s median income can’t afford a home selling for the state’s median sale price. Put another way, if your family income is at or below the state’s median income of $68,000, it’s still not enough to afford the median price of a home, now at more than $250,000. To buy that home, you’d need a family income of at least $77,900. Read the rest of this page »
Housing Action
December 19, 2004, Keene Sentinel Editorial
Two years ago (2002), having sifted through data about rents, home prices, incomes,
jobs and building permits, a government task force in Keene determined that
the city immediately needed 900 new housing units. Read the rest of this page »
State can’t afford to keep losing its youth
Concord Monitor Staff
August 09. 2006 8:00AM
Because homes in New Hampshire are unaffordable, the young couples who need them are fleeing.
Over the last five years, 11,500 women of childbearing age abandoned New Hampshire, according to Exeter demographer Peter Francese. The state also saw the loss of 10,000 children between 5 and 14 between 2000 and 2005.
The dramatic outflow of young people means that in the future there may not be enough workers to meet the health-care needs of an aged population. It means that the workforce needed to keep employers here and the economy growing won’t exist. It means, in short, big trouble if New Hampshire continues on its path toward becoming The Geezer State. Read the rest of this page »
Housing Project Moves Forward
Tuesday, August 08, 2006, Keene Sentinel
KAREN SANBORN
Sentinel Staff
A housing development slated for Water Street in Keene has had a growth spurt.
Andover Consulting Group Inc., a real-estate investment company based in Bedford, was granted approval Monday by the Keene Zoning Board of Adjustment to construct a fourth story on its $9 million complex, to include 100 to 125 apartments for senior citizens.
Andover has contracts to buy three properties - 185, 193-195 and 197 Water St. - for the 110,000-square-foot project. It wants to raze all buildings there except for the Findings Inc. warehouse at 185 Water St., which it would renovate.
In February, the company got permission from the board to build three stories.
Housing project may go to 4 stories
Sunday, August 6, 2006, Keene Sentinel
KAREN SANBORN
Sentinel Staff
A $9 million housing development for the elderly planned for Water Street in Keene may grow to four stories high.
Andover Consulting Group Inc., a real-estate investment company based in Bedford, wants to build a 110,000-square-foot congregate care complex on what is now three properties: 185 Water St., a warehouse and parking lot for jewelry manufacturer Findings Inc.; 193-195, a privately owned apartment building; and 197, a privately owned warehouse.
In February, the Keene Zoning Board granted the company permission to build in the industrial zone and to construct a three-story structure. Now, the company is back with another request: to shrink the original plan’s footprint and add a fourth story. The board will take up the matter on Monday.
The changes are a result of ground work and flood studies completed after the February meeting, according to documents filed with the city’s code enforcement department.
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