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HB1661 Relative to expanding the housing finance authority's community heroes program and makes an appropriation therefor.

Housing Dead Auto-scored

Relative to expanding the housing finance authority's community heroes program and makes an appropriation therefor.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

7
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Your Wallet

Would help essential workers afford homes in communities they serve, addressing a major cost-of-living challenge.

8
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Your Community

Helps communities retain teachers, first responders, and healthcare workers who increasingly can't afford to live where they work.

5
⚖️

Your Freedom

Voluntary program that expands housing options without restricting anyone's freedoms.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 179-166 02/05/2026 House Journal 3 P. 50

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Chris Muns (D)

The Short Version

Would expand the Housing Finance Authority's Community Heroes program with additional funding to help essential workers (teachers, firefighters, nurses, police) buy homes. Killed 179-166, despite addressing the severe difficulty essential workers face affording housing in NH.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Teachers, firefighters, nurses, and police seeking affordable homeownership
  • ▲ Communities struggling to retain essential workers

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Taxpayers funding the appropriation
  • ▼ Budget priorities competing for limited state funds

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 ( 7 for , 178 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 159 for , 1 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.

178R + 1D
Voted to Kill the Bill (179)
7R + 159D
Voted to Keep It Alive (166)
32
Absent
17
Not voting
Show all 394 individual votes

Voted Yea (179)

Republicans (178)
Democrats (1)

Voted Nay (166)

Republicans (7)
Democrats (159)
Absent (32)

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) , Ross Berry (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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