CONCORD — The Mount Washington Valley was a significant part of the the discussion at a legislative hearing Tuesday on a bill that would prohibit towns from banning short-term rentals but would allow them more regulatory powers than before.
State Sen. Harold French (R-Canterbury) is proposing the bill, SB 249
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There has been a long standing tradition of rentals for skiing and hiking . A ban on rentals of private property would severely impact NH tourists economy. If you can control the private property you can control the person. This is why communist / socialist country’s have sever property rights restrictions. This is about an ANTI TOURIST sentiment that’s runs like a virus among the powers that be in Conway . Also the ideas that a commercial company like Hilton would buy up the town is ridiculous. These are private property owners who pay highly property taxes . They keep changing the narrative every few months. Don’t buy into it . If the town cared about affordable housing they would have felt with it years ago . Instead that put in super restrictive zoning that prohibits acc. Dwellings with a Canadian citizen in charge- Tom Irving, yes it’s true . A man who is not an American citizen has been in charge of zoning for Conway for years ! Wow ! Also someone has already bought up half your town ! He owns a big whit hotel . Including time shares , rentals hotels commercial property. He’s very familiar with the selectmen and they him . He just got approved for a big project in the food zone . But they are more worried about the family from mass who wants to rent their cabin or condo than some shark who has got the town in his back pocket . Why ? To protect the big developers. That’s why . Not housing, protect big developers and eliminate any competition . Obviously
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