The Issues: Housing

Granite Staters are facing a crunch in housing in every age group, and in every type of housing. There is not enough of it, and people are struggling to afford what they have. The state legislature agrees it's a problem, and yet keeps killing the bulk of bills that are filed year after year to rectify the situation. And there is a core group of conservative representatives who keep trying to chip away at the rights of tenants in the state. Basically, it's an exhausting issue that has such incredibly widespread consequences for ignoring. By most estimates, we are lacking 20,000+ housing units in the state, and that number is expected to grow drastically in the next decade if major steps aren't made up and down the legislative ladder.

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