5/27/10

Workforce Housing Council Forum June 25

The NH Workforce Housing Council is hosting a forum in Bedford starting at 12:30 (lunch provided) on June 25.

Program starts at 1 and includes: Elissa Margolin from Housing Action New Hampshire will provide information on this new organization’s activity over the last several months. For those of you who are not familiar with their work, HANH seeks to “substantially increase state and federal investment in the development, preservation and maintenance of housing that is affordable for New Hampshire’s lowest income people, and to expand access to rental subsidies through efficient engagement of a broad alliance in federal and state advocacy.”

Presentation from the Greater Nashua Workforce Housing Coalition and the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast on their two recent design charrette events. The design charrette process undertaken by both of these organizations is unique in that it brings together professional architects, developers, engineers, professional planners and members of local planning boards. The charrette process is eye-opening for the participants as they seek to find ways to create attractive workforce housing based on actual property sites and taking into account local land use regulations. You will hear from Lisa Fisher Henderson and her team from the Seacoast. Representing Nashua will be Judy Vincent, Director of the Greater Nashua Workforce Housing Coalition and Robert Cruess of T.F. Moran, who was instrumental in their event’s planning.

If interested in attending, please contact George Regan at greagan@nhhfa.org by June 18.

For more information about the Council, visit www.workforcehousingnh.com