Latest News - December

​​Your Support Helped Us Do So Much!

As the year draws to a close, we are reflecting on the ways in which supporters like you helped us make a dent in the housing crisis. This year, you helped us:

• Finish construction of Bay Street Apartments in Laconia, which now provides 12 units of supportive housing for people experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.
• Finish construction of Jameson Street Apartments in Laconia, which offers 3 units of supportive housing for people with developmental disabilities.
• Break ground on Harriman Hill III in Wolfeboro, which will provide 30 units of affordable housing.

But we still need your help to finish Harriman Hill III!

Please consider making your tax-deductible donation to LRCD by December 31st to help us purchase the appliances needed to put the finishing touches on this project so people can move in next summer without delay.
 
We are so close to finishing this project – your support today will help us get there!

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​Grants for Housing!

We are incredibly grateful for operating support from two funds at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: the Lakes Region Community Fund and the Chandler Family Fund.
 
Operating support helps us pay our dedicated and talented staff to do the difficult work of siting, designing, permitting, funding, and overseeing construction of affordable housing.
 
Thank you to these generous donors of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation for supporting the work we do. ​

Gale School Update

Construction at the Gale School continues to move forward on schedule. The project is now over 40% complete. JH Spain and their subcontractors are doing a great job!
On the outside, crews have finished the new roof, have made repairs to the siding, and have put a coat of primer on the building.
A significant part of the project is to add an elevator to make the building fully accessible. The foundation and steel frame for the elevator tower have been constructed at the back of the building.
All the interior demolition is complete, including remediation of asbestos and lead paint. Interior framing is now underway.

​How Does the Federal Government Support Housing?

​Check out this new report from the Urban Institute:
 
The federal government supports the US housing market through dozens of initiatives administered by several agencies—in total, spending hundreds of billions of dollars each year. These initiatives support over 15 million home-owning and renter households by subsidizing housing costs, reducing housing tax burdens, securing mortgages, and incentivizing new housing development. Together, federal housing supports form the scaffolding that holds up the national housing market.