Expanding Housing Supply by Building Accessory Dwelling Units
A new guide and a new digital tool detail ways to ease New Hampshire’s housing crisis
New Hampshire’s housing crisis is impacting its people, communities and businesses. The state’s current housing shortage is over 23,500 units, and it’s estimated that nearly 90,000 units will be needed between 2020 and 2040.
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a proven way to expand the supply of affordable housing without further land development. Policy and Program Models for Creating Accessory Dwelling Units in New Hampshire, a new guide written by Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission on behalf of New Hampshire Housing, presents examples of policy and program models along with tools and techniques that will support ADU production.
In this webinar we’ll hear from the report’s lead author, James Vayo, and Ben Frost, deputy executive director of New Hampshire Housing, on how building ADUs in communities around the state can expand the state’s housing supply and help meet the need for different types of housing units.
Additionally, Max Latona, director of the New Hampshire Zoning Atlas project, will explain how this new digital tool makes available all of New Hampshire’s municipal zoning regulations, and will help policymakers, citizens and developers understand how zoning impacts housing supply and affordability.
Thank you for attending this webinar on Thursday, May 11, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances and technical difficulties, there is no recording of the live presentation. We are looking to re-record as soon as possible. In the meantime, please feel free to download James Vayo’s slides presentation from the event.
Panelists
Benjamin Frost, Esq., AICP
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Legal Officer
New Hampshire Housing
NHHousing.org
Frost frequently presents on issues concerning affordable and workforce housing, land use law, and ethics. He serves on the Legislative Committee of the NH Planners Association, holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in geography from Colgate University and Syracuse University, and a J.D. from Cornell Law School with a concentration in business law and regulation.
James Vayo
Senior Vice President of Planning and Development
MPACT Collective
mpactcollective.com
MPACT Collective is a real estate development group with expertise in form-based zoning and property entitlement. He is a community developer, project manager, and certified planner with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture and master’s degree in Community Development Policy from the University of New Hampshire. Previously, Vayo was a project manager for the Southern New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission, and Downtown Specialist for the Nashua Economic Development Division. He is the lead author of Policy and Program Models for Creating Accessory Dwelling Units in New Hampshire (May 2023).
Executive Director of the Center for Ethics in Society (CES), Max Latona is Professor of Philosophy at Saint Anselm College and the former Richard L. Bready Chair of Ethics, Economics, and the Common Good. He received his doctorate in philosophy from Boston College in 2001 and has published numerous articles in the area of ethics and ancient Greek philosophy. Max’s community activities, corporate leadership, and Executive Director’s work at the CES are guided by his belief that organizations and communities across the nation are desperately in need of opportunities for development, especially for reflection, dialogue, and collaboration on the ethical issues and challenges that they face.
Moderator
Ernesto Burden
Vice President and Publisher
Yankee Publishing | New Hampshire Group
Ernesto has been vice president digital for Newspapers of New England (NNE), group publisher at PennWell, vice president of digital media for The Telegraph and NH.com and related sites, as well as digital media director for the Rutland Herald and Times Argus newspapers in Vermont, online editor for The Telegraph and NH.com, and a print editor and reporter with daily and weekly newspapers. He’s spent his career at the intersection of publishing, digital evolution and marketing helping both publishers and advertisers maximize their digital visibility.
Max Latona
