CONWAY — “The Mount Washington Valley doesn’t have a short-term rental crisis; it has an affordable housing crisis.”
So said former selectman, past MWV Housing Coalition chair and current MWV Housing Coalition board member Theresa Kennett at the coalition’s annual legislative breakfast, held Sept. 27 at the White Mountain Hotel in Hale’s Location.
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