HOUSING
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Housing is the key to regional planning and the success of a community. UVLSRPC works on housing in regional and local projects, such as the Keys to the Valley Initiative, a bi-state project undertaken by three regional planning commissions. We also recently updated the 2023 Regional Housing Needs Assessment, in accordance with NH RSA 36:47.
Keys to the Valley
Our region’s economic well-being and quality of life depends on us all rising to the challenge of the housing crisis. For the Regional Planning Commissions (MARC, TRORC, and UVLSRPC) that means Keys to the Valley. This initiative seeks to inform and focus the rising housing efforts, in the Upper Valley and its neighboring communities, with an action plan, toolbox of solutions & data, and honest conversations.
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The Keys to the Valley Initiative was undertaken by three regional planning commissions – the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission of New Hampshire, and the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional and Mount Ascutney Regional Commissions of Vermont. The three commissions, called the “Tri-Commission”, cover 67 communities on both sides of the Connecticut River of the greater Upper Valley.
Housing Navigator
As part of Governor Sununu’s $100 million InvestNH initiative, $5 million has been allocated to provide grants to municipalities to analyze and update their land use regulations to help increase housing development opportunities. The NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs has contracted with New Hampshire Housing to administer this program.
The Navigator Grant was awarded to UVLSRPC to work with the towns of Newbury, New London, and Wilmot. The Navigator position works to help bring capacity, conversation, and assistance in pushing the needle forward to implement housing solutions.
Navigator Bio
Renee Theall joined UVLSRPC in January 2023 as the Housing Navigator and Associate Planner. The Navigator position is a two-year program focused on the three towns included in the Grant. Her goal is to have a significant impact on their individual and collective capacity to build common ground and advance solutions that address each community’s local housing needs. Renee has a strong customer service management background and loves getting to know people and their story. She enjoys building relationships across sectors in each community and helping to push the needle forward to implement housing solutions. Email Renee
