CONWAY — Lack of affordable housing — or any housing, for that matter — remains a hot topic, with a statewide and local rental vacancy rate of under 1 percent.
U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) is well aware of the dire situation and spoke about it frequently during a visit Tuesday to Conway area.
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