Research Library: Planning Documents: Housing Needs Assessment:
2008 Needs Assessment Update
In 2008 and 2009 a housing needs assessment update was conducted for New Hampshire at the county level as well as statewide. It utilized a methodology similar to that used in the 2003 Needs Assessment. A brief explanation of the state and county model update can be accessed below. Municipal level data more recent than the 2000 Census data was not available at the time of this update. The most current housing and household data is available from the U.S. Census at www.census.gov.
The general purposes of this study were to: (1) conduct a housing needs assessment for New Hampshire Housing at the County, Metro Area, and State levels; (2) evaluate the current status and content of regional housing elements and to suggest alternative approaches; and (3) to examine regional housing need allocation models that measure the relative performance of areas in achieving a proportional distribution of assisted housing. The study used housing need assessment data that is consistently available at the municipal level so that the approaches used here may be replicated for any region.