SB419 Relative to the housing champion designation and program and the affordable housing fund, and making appropriations therefor.
Relative to the housing champion designation and program and the affordable housing fund, and making appropriations therefor.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Addresses the housing crisis that has driven up rents and home prices across NH, directly impacting affordability.
Your Community
Incentivizes communities to build more housing, addressing the statewide shortage that affects workers, families, and employers.
Your Freedom
Encourages but does not mandate local housing policy changes; preserves local choice while creating incentives.
Status
Refer to Interim Study, Regular Calendar 16Y-8N, Motion Adopted; 02/19/2026; Senate Journal 4
Voted Yes
0 R
Voted No
0 R
Sponsor
Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D)
The Short Version
Would create a housing champion program to incentivize municipalities that adopt housing-friendly policies, along with affordable housing fund appropriations. Sent to interim study. NH faces a severe housing shortage affecting residents statewide.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ NH renters and homebuyers facing high costs
- ▲ Employers struggling to attract workers due to housing shortage
- ▲ Towns willing to build more housing
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ State taxpayers funding the program
- ▼ Towns opposed to increased housing development
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 ( 16 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 8 for ) .
"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.
YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.
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Voted Yea (16)
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