City Of Portsmouth: City Celebrates Completion Of Affordable Home And Infrastructure Project 

Press release from the City of Portsmouth:

Guests at the ribbon cutting included: representatives from New Hampshire Community Loan Fund; Mayor Deaglan McEachern; Greg Carson U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-New Hampshire Field Office Director; representatives from Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Congressman Chris Pappas’ offices, and residents of the Woodbury Cooperative Board of Directors. Kathy Ireland, Woodbury Cooperative Board of Directors commented, Steve Saltzman, President and CEO, New Hampshire Community Loan Fund said,

• Removal of four abandoned and dilapidated manufactured homes and three site-built structures;
• Placement of five new affordable homes, which are planned to be sold for under $160,000 according to New Hampshire Community Loan Fund;
• Addition of new water/sewer connections and services;
• Reconfiguration and improvement of the entrance and paving into the community including a new road with a second means of egress; and
• Revitalization of the resident-owned community.

Caption: Mayor McEachern (far right) joins Portsmouth Community Development Director Elise Annunziata (far left) and representatives from New Hampshire Community Loan Fund; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-New Hampshire Field Office, Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Congressman Chris Pappas’ offices, and members of the Woodbury Cooperative Board of Directors for a ribbon cutting on five new housing units in the Woodbury Avenue Cooperative. Credit: City of Portsmouth

This press release was produced by the City of Portsmouth. The views expressed here are the author’s own.