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HB572 Establishing the "partners in housing" program, an initiative under the housing champions fund to assist municipalities, counties, and developers in building workforce housing, and making an appropriation therefor.

Housing Dead Auto-scored

Establishing the "partners in housing" program, an initiative under the housing champions fund to assist municipalities, counties, and developers in building workforce housing, and making an appropriation therefor.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

7

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

8
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Your Wallet

Workforce housing programs directly address the affordability crisis that forces NH workers to spend unsustainable portions of income on housing.

8
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Your Community

NH's housing shortage undermines business recruitment, forces workers to commute long distances, and hollows out communities.

6
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Your Freedom

Voluntary program that helps communities build housing; does not restrict anyone's rights.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 191-156 01/08/2026 House Journal 2 P. 6

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Laurel Stavis (D)

The Short Version

Would have created a state program to help municipalities and developers build workforce housing through the Housing Champions fund. Killed 191-156, despite NH's severe housing shortage driving up costs for workers and families.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Workers struggling to find affordable housing
  • ▲ Employers who can't attract talent
  • ▲ Towns wanting workforce housing

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ State budget for the appropriation
  • ▼ Those opposed to government housing programs

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 , 191 against ) , Democrats supported it ( 153 for ) , and Independents supported it ( 1 for ) .

"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) 2026-01-08
Passed

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

191R
Voted to Kill the Bill (191)
2R + 153D + 1I
Voted to Keep It Alive (156)
32
Absent
16
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (191)

Republicans (191)

Voted Nay (156)

Republicans (2)
Democrats (153)
Independents (1)
Absent (32)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denis Murphy (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Louis Juris (D) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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