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HB1405 Relative to the housing finance authority's affordable housing guarantee program.

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Relative to the housing finance authority's affordable housing guarantee program.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Affordable housing programs help reduce housing costs for families struggling in NH's expensive housing market.

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Your Community

NH faces a severe housing shortage; strengthening affordable housing programs directly addresses this crisis affecting families and employers statewide.

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Your Freedom

More affordable housing options expand residential freedom and choice for lower-income families.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 186-162 02/05/2026 House Journal 3 P. 45

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Chris Muns (D)

The Short Version

Would have strengthened the NH Housing Finance Authority's affordable housing guarantee program, which helps developers build affordable housing by reducing financing risk. Killed 186-162 along party lines.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Low and moderate-income families
  • ▲ Workers in housing-strapped communities
  • ▲ Affordable housing developers

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State exposure to housing guarantee risk

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 2 for , 184 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 160 for , 2 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-02-05
Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

184R + 2D
Voted to Kill the Bill (186)
2R + 160D
Voted to Keep It Alive (162)
31
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (186)

Republicans (184)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (162)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (160)
Absent (31)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Arnold Davis (R) , Brian Nadeau (R) , Bryan Morse (R) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , Daniel Popovici-Muller (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , George Sykes (D) , Gregory Hill (R) , Jack Flanagan (R) , Janet Lucas (D) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Linda Gould (R) , Matthew Coker (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Paul Terry (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Stephanie Payeur (D) , Ted Gorski (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Vicki Wilson (R)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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