The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
New Hampshire - Housing
links
University
of New Hampshire
Center
for Integrative Regional Problem Solving,
http://www.unh.edu/cirps/
Description: The Center for Integrative Regional Problem Solving facilitates ecologically-based, innovative approaches for securing quality of life and addressing land use challenges in Northern New England through integrated research, outreach, education, and multi-disciplinary partnerships.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
Conservation
Law Foundation
Conservation
Law Foundation,
http://www.clf.org/
Description:
The Conservation Law Foundation is the oldest and largest regional environmental
advocacy organization in the United States. We're based in New England,
where our attorneys, scientists, economists, and policy experts work on
the most significant threats to the natural environment of the region
and its residents.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services,
http://www.mnhs.net/
Description:
Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (MNHS) is a private, non-profit
corporation dedicated to rebuilding Manchester's neighborhoods. We're
a partnership of local residents, businesses, and the city--working together
to help families improve the quality of life in their communities. Since
1993, we've helped hundreds of families work towards their dream of owning
a home. We've helped grow neighborhoods, repair and renovate old buildings,
and rebuild the community. We've helped bring over $14 million in public
and private investment to the Center City area of Manchester. In short,
we've helped change Manchester for the better.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, What You Can Do With Others
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority
New
Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority,
http://www.nhcdfa.org/
Description: The Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) was established by legislation (RSA 162-L) in 1983 to address the issues of affordable housing and economic opportunity for low and moderate income New Hampshire residents. The Authority is both a body politic and a nonprofit corporation that is governed by an eleven member board of directors who are appointed by the governor for five year terms. The Authority provides financial and technical assistance to community development corporations, worker cooperatives, and certain municipal entities.
Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Judicial Branch
Supreme
Court Opinions,
http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/index.htm
Description:
These opinions are subject to motions for rehearing under Rule 22 as well
as formal revision before publication in the New Hampshire Reports.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Office
of Legislative Services
New
Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules,
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rules/listagencies.html
Description:
All adopted administrative rules subject to RSA 541-A, the Administrative
Procedure Act, must be filed by state executive branch agencies to make
the adopted rules effective and therefore have the force of law. Together
the effective agency rules comprise the New Hampshire Code of Administrative
Rules.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Office
of State Planning
Achieving
Smart Growth in New Hampshire,
http://www.nh.gov/osp/SmartGrowth/index.htm
Description:
The NH Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) welcomes you to Achieving Smart
Growth in New Hampshire. This project documents how New Hampshire is changing
and highlights some positive examples of development and conservation
throughout the state.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Office
of State Planning
Community
Development Block Grant Program,
http://www.state.nh.us/osp/cdbg/index.htm
Description:
The primary purpose of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program
is the development of viable urban communities, by providing decent housing,
suitable living environments and expanding economic opportunities, principally
for persons of low and moderate income.
Topics: Housing, Planning/Zoning
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Smart
Growth Network
New
Hampshire Smart Growth News Articles,
http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=NH&res=800
Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
USDA
- Vermont Rural Development
Rural
Housing,
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/vt/vthousing.htm
Description:Links
to a wide range of housing programs offered by Rural Development.
Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing
Jurisdiction: Vermont, New Hampshire
U.
S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
in New Hampshire,
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=nh
Description: HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. To fulfill this mission, HUD will embrace high standards of ethics, management and accountability and forge new partnerships--particularly with faith-based and community organizations--that leverage resources and improve HUD's ability to be effective on the community level.
Topics: Housing
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Property tax reform and smart growth: connecting some of the dots, www.lincolninst.edu
Description: Tax policy tools for smart growth.
Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, fiscal impact/taxation, housing, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
NERCRD ©2004
The Toolbox is a joint effort of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
For questions, suggestions or to report broken links, please contact NERCRD: nercrd@psu.edu.