June 2, 2022
CRUSTY, BUT NEIGHBORLY:
Granite Staters Say They Want More Housing in Their Communities (Andrew Cline, 6/01/22, NH Journal)
By a 69%-29% margin, New Hampshire voters said "my community needs more affordable housing to be built." This represents a 9% increase from last year's survey. [...]By a 52-40% margin, New Hampshire voters support changing town and city zoning regulations to allow more housing to be built.By a 70-21% margin, respondents endorse setting a "hard limit" on how long local planning and zoning boards can take to review permits to build housing.By a 38-35% margin, Granite State voters endorse the concept of a bill that failed this session, which would have allowed property owners to build up to four housing units on any residentially zoned lot served by municipal water and sewer.By a 61-37% margin, N.H. voters oppose the idea that multifamily housing should only be built in cities, not in suburbs and rural areas.By a 53-42% margin, voters oppose the state "doing more to prevent housing development and keep the state the way it is."
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 2, 2022 12:00 AM