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Let’s Look into InvestNH

August 30, 2024 Julie Smith

“Housing” has been quite the buzzword for the past few years, so much so that I often roll my eyes and shake my head, depending on whose mouth I hear it from. There is a gentleman in a western suburb that I will call “J.” He was all over SB 400 two years ago and … Read more

Massachusetts Proposes a New Tax to Fund ‘Affordable’ Housing

May 8, 2024 Steve MacDonald

This might be a great Town Hall forum question for Democratic candidates. “Is there any problem you can’t fix with a new or higher tax?” I want a list, please, but I sense it would look like that redacted FDA document—a bunch of blank pages. While true, Dems do believe this; they don’t want to admit it publicly.

Why the NH Senate Should ITL HB1291

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 Op-Ed

Some elements in our state are trying to force longtime-established single-family zoned neighborhoods into multi-family neighborhoods. Their goal is to eradicate the suburbs and morph towns into cities.

Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massganistan

April 11, 2024 Op-Ed

Since the 1930s, governments, politicians, leaders, and members of freedom-crushing movements have been using the word “Crisis” to accomplish goals that “The People” would never have voted for or allowed to occur if we were not told that it would “Solve a Crisis” of some type.

Inflation Nation: Will America’s Economic Woes Worsen in 2024?

April 11, 2024 John Klar

In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden claimed US inflation is a result of price-gouging by corporate bogeymen. Recent statistics suggest other causes, some of which will likely persist through this election year – and the president’s narrative is not likely to hold up as rents, wages, and taxes rise, all increases that are hard to blame on corporate America.

A Call for Reason and Liberty in New Hampshire’s Housing Debate

April 4, 2024 Op-Ed

As a lifelong Granite Stater with roots stretching back to when my grandparents first sought a better life in Salem in 1954, I feel a deep connection to this land and its people. My story is not unique; it’s woven from the same fabric of hope and opportunity that has drawn countless others to New Hampshire.

Night Cap: How Corrupt is This?

February 9, 2024 Op-Ed

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 ‘Special’ Committee on Housing on February 16.

Concord Mosque President Sues to Stop Adjacent Housing Development … Is it NIMBY or Something Else?

January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Concord has a new City Councilor named Ali Sekou. Congrats to him. He is also the president of the IQRA Islamic Society of Greater Concord. His Mosque sits on a piece of property adjacent to the First Congregational Church at 177 N. Main St, in whose lot (some) his Mosque attendees are alleged to have parked.

Housing and Zoning: HB 1291 is HB 44 on Steroids!

December 16, 2023 Op-Ed

Friends, HB 1291 is not just an ordinary bill that allows Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). It is HB 44 on steroids. Here is the bill in PDF format – HB 1291 Please notice the sponsors!

Housing Costs vs Renting

October 13, 2023 Skip

It’s simple. Supply vs Demand, with the Government artificially manipulating the marketplace because it controls the third leg of the housing marketplace – interest rates.

Real Estate Advice: Best Houses for Seniors (+Insurance Tips)

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Op-Ed

Older people need to make sure they have all the resources they need to stay happy and healthy well into their 70s, 80s, and beyond. Depending on their health, seniors may find it difficult to live solo.

What to Consider Before Taking Up House Flipping

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Guest Contributor

House flipping sounds simple; you pick a house off the market, fix it up a bit, and then sell it for more than its original value. Well, as the saying goes, it’s a lot easier said than done. Flipping houses can take quite a while to complete as well as cost a lot of money.

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Homelessness In The Upper Valley Part 1: Housing the Homeless in Hartford

July 9, 2022 Aaron Warner

Twin Pines housing has a proposal currently approved by the town Select Board for a homeless housing project it intends to put on the property of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church which lies adjacent to the Upper Valley Haven, both of which offer services to people in need and are partnering with Twin Pines on this … Read more

Government Won’t Let the Market Fix the Housing Shortage

July 23, 2021 Op-Ed

There are two sides of the affordable housing equation: incomes and housing prices. While the market pushes New Hampshire incomes higher, the government prevents it from lowering home prices.

Manchester Mayor’s Race: Girard Releases Housing Proposal

May 27, 2021 Op-Ed

MANCHESTER, NH. May 27, 2021–“Increased housing costs are a direct result of increased demand and insufficient supply. The goal of my proposal to increase housing is to identify and remove obstacles that get in the way of building more housing.

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Despite Years of Water Restrictions NH Towns Keep Adding More Mouths to Drink

April 30, 2023August 21, 2020 Steve MacDonald

I can’t remember the last time my town of Merrimack did not have some sort of water use restriction. Every year, regardless of the precipitation, even in heavy years, we are told to limit water use in the summer.

New Hampshire’s Bi-Partisan Usurpation of Local Control

April 13, 2025December 26, 2019 Jane Aitken

Michael Kitch’s November 22, 2019 article in the NH Business Review; “Taking on NH’s housing ‘crisis’ – Task force’s recommendations ‘a long time coming’” praises the Governor’s new plan to manage housing in NH. The plan is not an enhancement of local control, but a gross usurpation of it. And it could have dire consequences for … Read more

Housing in New Hampshire

December 14, 2019

In its Dec 13 “Broadside” the Josiah Bartlett Center carried a housing in New Hampshire story. In the story it cited “A positive shift” in New Hampshire’s pro-housing movement. They report the governor criticized municipalities for using “… local regulatory powers to impose severe restrictions on housing development.” The example cited by the Governor was … Read more

Bernie Goes for National Rent Control and More Federal Housing

Bernie is All-In on National Rent Control and More Federal Housing (Comrade!)

October 1, 2019September 30, 2019

Bernie has gone all in on the idea of national rent control and more federal housing. The next question is whether the rest of the socialist lemmings will follow him over the cliff? Bernie Sanders is again promising more free crap from the federal well.

State Housed Displaced Children in facility with Convicted Sex Offender

September 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

In desperate need of housing, a father and his two boys were placed in a facility by the state of Massachusetts. They’d recently escaped an abusive relationship and were, until then homeless. Thanks to the benevolent bureaucracy, their troubles were just beginning.