regional planning commissions

Housing Needs Assessments

A housing needs assessment, or an HNA, is a powerful tool in understanding and communicating the housing needs of a community and it's people. The HNA itself can serve as a point-in-time of current housing conditions, useful both in explaining current trends, as well as acting as a reference point in the future. A Housing Needs Assessment frames the housing discussion by posing questions such as:

Keys to the Valley

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.

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