CHAPTER 121
SB 179-FN - FINAL VERSION
03/13/2025 0771s
2025 SESSION
25-1121
05/09
SENATE BILL 179-FN
AN ACT relative to the state council on housing stability.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gray, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the council on housing stability shall be attached to the department of health and human services. The bill also revises members and duties of the council, and repeals the requirement that the housing finance authority submit a biennial housing plan.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/13/2025 0771s 25-1121
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the state council on housing stability.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
121:1 State Council on Housing Stability. Amend RSA 4-H:1 to read as follows:
4-H:1 State Council on Housing Stability Established. There is hereby established the state council on housing stability for the purpose of implementing the plan to create housing stability for all citizens of the state of New Hampshire. The council shall be administratively attached to the department of health and human services as defined in RSA 21-G:5.
121:2 State Council on Housing Stability; Membership. RSA 4-H:2, I(i) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(i) Two landlords, appointed by the governor.
121:3 New Subparagraph; State Council on Housing Stability; Duties. Amend RSA 4-H:3, I by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:
(i) Compile information regarding United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs administered by state and local government agencies and assist the agencies in the preparation of federally required plans and related performance reports. The council shall present such plans to the governor for approval and tranmission to HUD.
121:4 State Council on Housing Stability. Amend RSA 4-H:3, II to read as follows:
II. The state council on housing stability shall be jointly facilitated by the department of health and human services, the department of business and economic affairs, the New Hampshire housing finance authority, and the New Hampshire community development finance authority. The first meeting of the council shall be called by the legislative member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives pursuant to RSA 4-H:2, I(t) within 45 days of the effective date of this section.
II-a. The council may create workgroups to advise members on its duties and compliance with federal laws and policies related to housing.
121:5 Repeal. RSA 204-C:47, relative to the biennial housing plan prepared by the housing finance authority, is repealed.
121:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage
Approved: June 24, 2025
Effective Date: August 23, 2025