NHHFA announces support for six multi-family housing developments
Organization says construction will generate $35 million in public-private investment
Funding for six multi-family affordable rental housing developments, which will produce or preserve 166 units of general occupancy, age-restricted and special needs housing around the state, was recently approved by the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Board of Directors.
The housing units are in Claremont, Hampton Falls, Laconia, Lebanon, Plaistow and Rochester.
NHHFA funding allocations for the multi-family housing developments is a culmination of resources derived from the federal HOME program, the state Affordable Housing Fund, and the federal Housing Trust Fund, as well as the Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC).
From these developments, the LIHTC program, a public/private financing tool that encourages developers and investors to create affordable housing multi-family units, will leverage $4 million in tax credits into a public-private investment in the state of at least $35 million. Last year, NHHFA’s multi-family development activity had a direct economic impact in the state of $198.4 million, through the construction and preservation of more than 1,300 rental housing units.
“This range of essential state and federal funding sources enables NHHFA to provide funding to public and private developers to build and preserve affordable rental housing in the state. Developing much-needed housing for the state’s workforce also boosts economic development and job creation,” noted Dean Christon, executive director of New Hampshire Housing.
New Construction
Location | Project | Developer
HAMPTON FALLS
The Meadows Phase II: A 48-unit, age-restricted, two-building development
Avesta Housing
PLAISTOW
Chandler Place Phase II: A 14-unit, age-restricted building.
Steven Lewis, Inc.
ROCHESTER
Apple Ridge Phase I: A 34-unit (22 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom), general occupancy building
David Lemieux
Preservation / Adaptive Reuse
(Housing that is refinanced and improved to extend affordability period; created or preserved for affordability; buildings repurposed into housing, e.g., schools, stores, churches, etc.)
CLAREMONT
Claremont Goddard Block: A 36-unit general occupancy project with two commercial units; purchase and rehab of historic building
New England Family Housing
LACONIA
Sunrise House: A 16-unit of permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities 62 years or older; acquisition and rehab of a 13,000+ sq.ft. 3-story office building abutting Laconia Housing’s existing Sunrise Towers building.
Laconia Housing
LEBANON
Parkhurst Community Housing: An 18-unit supportive housing renovation of an existing multi-family building to provide for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Twin Pines Housing
