Addressing the Housing Crisis: A Collaborative Approach

This event is an in-person screening of this webinar; there is no virtual component.

Addressing the Housing Crisis: A Collaborative Approach to Building Local Solutions with the New Hampshire Housing Academy and the InvestNH Program

What are the causes? 

What are the challenges in resolving the causes? 

What are potential solutions? 

What are examples of successful implementation of solutions? 

Housing Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned  

As is true in much of the country, a shortage of available and affordable housing continues to have a major impact on NH communities economic and civic health. In this webinar, we will explore a model implemented in New Hampshire over the past three years.  New Hampshire Housing Academy, a component of the InvestNH initiative provides training for municipal officials and volunteers, building their capacity to engage local community members, identify challenges and barriers, and develop and implement local solutions to address this crisis in ways that meet the needs of current and future residents and support thriving resilient communities. Presenters in this session we will explore the programs’ structure and implementation, success stories from communities implementing the program locally, challenges, and lessons learned. The InvestNH partnership includes the University of NH Cooperative Extension, the State of NH Office of Planning and Development, NH Housing Finance Authority, NH Municipal Association and other state and regional partners.

Speakers

• Sue Cagle, Community and Economic Development Field Specialist in Grafton County
• George Reagan, Director of Community Engagement, New Hampshire Housing
• Scott Slattery, CED Field Specialist, University of New Hampshire Extension
• Sarah Wrightsman, Manager of Community Engagement and Education, New Hampshire Housing

AICP Credits: 1.25 ASLA Credits: 1.25

Group viewing brought to you by Lancaster County Planning.

Lancaster County Planning strives to provide educational opportunities for our planning partners – professional planners, municipalities, consultants, designers, engineers, local planning commissions, and interested citizens. In 2025, we will continue to provide an opportunity for our partners to join us at our office to view a mix of live and recorded webinars we have purchased or registered for from various sources on a variety of planning topics. Many of these programs will provide AICP CM and ASLA continuing education credits. Due to site license restrictions, we are not able to share our webinar access information with interested parties. For independent access, please contact the webinar provider directly.

For questions related to this event, please contact 717-299-8333 or email [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Conference Room 102, Lancaster County Government Center, Lancaster, United States