ICYMI: Shaheen Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from New Hampshire Community Loan Fund for Championing Affordable Housing

(Manchester, NH) – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) was honored by the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund with its Community Champion Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented in recognition of Shaheen’s work on behalf of New Hampshire’s Resident Owned Communities (ROCs) and her efforts to expand affordable housing in the state. Shaheen also delivered remarks at the Annual Meeting, which is the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s marquee event. The nonprofit provides loans, coaching and guidance to New Hampshire communities and has invested more than $518 million in communities across the Granite State since its founding in 1983. Photos from the event can be found HERE. “For over 40 years, the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund has provided transformative financial support, guidance and counseling to individuals, families and organizations across the Granite State. Nothing describes the organization’s philosophy better than ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors,’ and its work has been indispensable to unlocking economic opportunity throughout New Hampshire,” said Senator Shaheen . “It is humbling to receive this Lifetime Achievement Award from such a critical institution in the state. I’ve been so proud to work alongside the Community Loan Fund, investors and local leaders to make great strides in advancing affordable housing, supporting manufactured housing communities and bolstering economic growth across New Hampshire.” Throughout her time in the Senate, Shaheen has led efforts to lower housing costs, expand affordable housing and support New Hampshire’s manufactured housing communities. Earlier this year, Shaheen helped pass the landmark 21 st Century ROAD to Housing Act , which, along with cutting red tape and streamlining the federal housing process, will directly lower construction costs for new, affordable manufactured housing. In the bill, Senator Shaheen secured three key provisions, which include the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative in Community Enhancement (PRICE) Act to extend a federal grant program that provides funding to support the purchase, construction and renovation of manufactured housing communities, the Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act and the Streamlining Rural Housing Act . ###