Housing Groups and Organizations

Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing
Shelter from the Storm.  A local program in Jaffrey, NH providing transitional housing and support services for those who have become homeless due to a variety of circumstances.
Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter. The Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter offers safe, comfortable housing for families, couples and individuals as they move from homelessness to home.
Hundred Nights.  The mission of Hundred Nights, Inc. is to provide shelter and crisis related services to the displaced or homeless.
Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention (MCVP).  MCVP offers emergency shelter for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Phoenix House New England.  Dedicated substance use and behavioral health services, offering in-patient and residential care in locations across New England, including Keene and Dublin, NH.
Income-Eligible Housing and Related Services
Keene Housing.  Provides affordable housing to over 1,000 families, elders and individuals with disabilities through a combination of federally funded Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs and Keene Housing’s high-quality affordable housing portfolio.
Southwestern Community Services (SCS).  Non-profit housing provider, developer, manager and advocate. In addition, SCS provides emergency shelter and housing stabilization services, rental assistance, heating and utility assistance, and other housing-related programs. SCS is the Community Action Agency serving Cheshire and Sullivan Counties.
Southern NH Services (SNHS). With a service area encompassing Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties, SNHS offers a range of housing-related services, including: supportive housing, homelessness prevention, senior housing, home heating fuel and utilities assistance, among other programs. Like SCS, SNHS is a Community Action Agency.
Contoocook Housing Trust. Revolving loan financing through their Home Ownership Initiative Fund. Provides affordable rental and homeownership opportunities for low and moderate income families. The Trust’s current portfolio includes thirteen properties in Peterborough, Bennington, Antrim, and Hillsborough.
Regional Planning 
Southwest Region Planning Commission (SWRPC). Provides technical assistance to Monadnock Region municipalities on a number of planning issues, including housing. SWRPC maintains the Regional Housing Needs Assessment document.
Business and Professional Groups
Savings Bank of Walpole A local bank that has various home-loan options.
Monadnock Region Board of Realtors.  The purpose of the Monadnock Region Board of Realtors is “to provide tools, services and support required by REALTORS in order for them to deliver professional and ethical service to the real estate public.” The Board has a community outreach committee as well as one dedicated to public policy.
Belltower Property Management A for-profit property management business that rents “Keene apartments available on a room-by-room basis for folks who seek the social and financial benefits of shared living." They have an application procedure that includes an interview for matching housemates.
Community Groups and Organizations
Monadnock United Way. Regional non-profit works to “unite people from all sectors of the Monadnock Region to solve problems in our community.” In 2020, “Emergency housing and access to food” was a focus area for Monadnock United Way investment.
Monadnock Interfaith Project (MIP).  MIP is a lay-led group of volunteers exploring the possibilities of faith-based community organizing. The group is currently exploring how it might contribute to housing-related efforts, with a likely focus on housing for economically disadvantaged households.
Monadnock Resource Alliance The Monadnock Resource Alliance is a group of nonprofits, businesses, governmental, economic development, faith-based, and community members  who work to ease the Region's housing crisis.
Monadnock Habitat for Humanity. Monadnock Habitat for Humanity builds houses in the Monadnock Region and beyond to provide decent, safe, and affordable homes for our neighbors living in inadequate housing. We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization working to make a difference in our community … one home at a time!
Statewide Groups & Initiatives
NH Housing Finance Authority (NHFFA).  New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority is a self-supporting public corporation that promotes, finances and supports affordable housing. NHHFA operates rental and homeownership programs designed to assist low- and moderate-income persons with obtaining affordable housing.
Housing Action NH.  Housing Action NH is a coalition of organizations united around a common vision that everyone benefits when all Granite Staters have an affordable place to call home. The coalition focuses on how state-level legislation can effect housing opportunity across NH.
NH Community Loan Fund.  The NH Community Loan serves as a catalyst, leveraging financial, human, and civic resources to enable traditionally underserved people to participate more fully in New Hampshire’s economy. In the housing arena, the Community Loan Funds helps finance housing development projects, including affordable housing, senior housing, and supportive housing. They also focus on manufactured housing and resident owned communities. Check out their impact map to see where they’ve contributed resources in the Monadnock Region.
NH Association of Realtors. Professional association for NH realtors. The Association includes a Public Policy Committee, which weighs in on state legislative issues.
NH Planners Association.  Organizes educational events on planning-related issues. Also monitors state legislative activity.
NH Business and Industry Association (BIA). Serving as NH’s statwide chamber of commerce, BIA takes positions on a number of public policy issues, including housing: “BIA supports efforts that increase the availability and affordability of housing for working people.”
NH Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA).  Administers the State of New Hampshire’s annual federal allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for eligible municipalities. The primary objective of the program is the development of viable communities by improving economic opportunities and meeting community revitalization needs, particularly for persons of low and moderate income. Housing for low and moderate-income households is a focus area of the CDBG program. CDFA also oversees a competitive tax credit program, which could offer another potential funding source for housing projects.
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