Study Finds New Hampshire Hurt By Lack of Workforce Housing

摘要

Local regulatory policies and practices are discouraging the production of workforce housing in New Hampshire, undermining the state's economy, according to a report by the New Hampshire Workforce Housing Council, a statewide affordable housing advocacy group. The report, based in part on a survey of employers, defines workforce housing as housing for workers earning no more than 120 percent of median household income, which in 2000 was $49,224. Overall, a tight supply of workforce housing is expected to cost New Hampshire up to 2,800 jobs annually, $121 million in reduced personal income, $253 million in gross state product, and $33 million in less state and local tax revenues, according to the study.