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RSA 12-O:73 · Champion Benefits

Title: I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter: 12-O · DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Status: current
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12-O:73 Champion Benefits. – A municipality which has received designation as a housing champion shall be eligible, subject to the rulemaking in RSA 12-O:75, for the following benefits:

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Housing production municipal grant program. The department shall establish a grant program for municipalities that have made a commitment to facilitating increased housing production. Municipalities that are designated by the department as New Hampshire housing champion communities will be eligible to apply for the grants. Subject to availability of funding, the department shall make grants to any municipality with such a designation on a per-unit basis for workforce housing units for which certificates of occupancy have been issued by the municipality in the preceding state fiscal year. The department shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria, per-unit grant maximums, maximum grants per project, a maximum amount that may be granted to any municipality in a year, and grant program administration.

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Housing infrastructure municipal grant and loan program. The department shall establish a grant program for municipalities that are seeking to build infrastructure that will accommodate increased housing production. Municipalities that are designated by the department as New Hampshire housing champion communities will be eligible to apply for the grants. Subject to availability of funding, the department shall make grants to any municipality, or support the creation of low-interest loan programs for any municipality, with such a designation to provide at least matching funding, as a grant, or all funding, as a loan, for new construction or capacity increases for drinking water, sanitary sewer, stormwater, highway infrastructure, telecommunications, and electrical distribution infrastructure. The department shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria, grant maximums, a maximum amount that may be granted to any municipality in a year, and grant program administration. Source. 2023, 79:462, eff. July 1, 2023.

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Source. 2023, 79:462, eff. July 1, 2023.

Source history

2023, 79:462, eff. July 1, 2023

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