A municipality which has received designation as a housing champion shall be eligible, subject to the rulemaking in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-O:75, for the following benefits:
I. Housing production municipal grant program. The department shall establish a grant program for municipalities that have made a commitment to facilitating increased housing production. Municipalities that are designated by the department as New Hampshire housing champion communities will be eligible to apply for the grants. Subject to availability of funding, the department shall make grants to any municipality with such a designation on a per-unit basis for workforce housing units for which certificates of occupancy have been issued by the municipality in the preceding state fiscal year. The department shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria, per-unit grant maximums, maximum grants per project, a maximum amount that may be granted to any municipality in a year, and grant program administration.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 12-O:73

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

II. Housing infrastructure municipal grant and loan program. The department shall establish a grant program for municipalities that are seeking to build infrastructure that will accommodate increased housing production. Municipalities that are designated by the department as New Hampshire housing champion communities will be eligible to apply for the grants. Subject to availability of funding, the department shall make grants to any municipality, or support the creation of low-interest loan programs for any municipality, with such a designation to provide at least matching funding, as a grant, or all funding, as a loan, for new construction or capacity increases for drinking water, sanitary sewer, stormwater, highway infrastructure, telecommunications, and electrical distribution infrastructure. The department shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria, grant maximums, a maximum amount that may be granted to any municipality in a year, and grant program administration.