Rod Dapice News Today

As shelter operators, community action programs, and mayors have raced to find housing for people as a key COVID-19-era rental assistance program comes to an end, some argue the state should increase its own homelessness investments.

Municipalities are required by law to provide temporary assistance to residents in need, even if the person is a resident of another town and in the city temporarily. That includes housing aid.

Home prices continue to ride all-time highs in the state, and cash purchases that don’t require financing continue to dominate home sales.

Ron Magoon has a stark description of the home mortgage market for small New Hampshire banks these days. It’s “pretty much dried up,” the president and CEO of Franklin Savings Bank said. Home prices continue to ride all-time highs in the state, and...