{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/shaheen-visits-affordable-housing-in-keene-spotlights-key-provisions-she-secured-for-new-hampshire-in-landmark-21st-century-road-to-housing-act", "Shaheen Visits Affordable Housing in Keene, Spotlights Key Provisions She Secured for New Hampshire in Landmark 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act", "2026-08-20", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "NH", "Jeanne Shaheen", "S001181", "www.shaheen.senate.gov", "shaheen", "https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press", "scraper", "(Keene, NH) \u2013 Today, with New Hampshire housing costs at a record-high level, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) continued her \u201cAffordability Action Tour\u201d by visiting an affordable housing site in Keene to discuss her work in Washington to lower housing costs for Granite State families and increase the supply of homes across the state. Shaheen was joined by local officials to tour the Marlboro Street site of a multifamily home acquired by the Keene Housing Authority that will be redeveloped into affordable housing. The project is funded in part by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)\u2014a program that Shaheen has long supported. The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act\u2014which includes three Shaheen-led provisions\u2014expands the CDBG program and will increase support for projects like Keene\u2019s Marlboro Street renovation. Photos from today\u2019s event can be found HERE.\n\n\u201cBetween the war with Iran raising gas prices and the Trump Administration\u2019s tariffs skyrocketing the cost of building materials, it\u2019s no wonder our state is facing record-high housing costs and a persistent shortage of affordable options,\u201d said Senator Shaheen. \u201cGranite State families deserve financial relief, and that\u2019s exactly what the 21st Century ROAD to Housing legislation will do by giving us more tools to speed up the construction of new affordable housing and preserving existing units in our communities. I was proud to support the federal grant helping to make Keene\u2019s Marlboro Street project possible\u2014it's exactly the kind of development that will see increased support thanks to this new housing law.\u201d\n\nShaheen is leading efforts in the Senate to lower housing costs and increase the supply of affordable units, including her efforts to help pass the landmark 21st Century Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream (ROAD) to Housing Act earlier this year. The legislation includes three New Hampshire-focused provisions Shaheen secured\u2014the Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act, Streamlining Rural Housing Act and the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative in Community Enhancement (PRICE) Act\u2014to expand the supply of affordable housing, streamline construction and lower costs in the Granite State and across the country. In the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, Shaheen secured upwards of $9 million in federal funding for affordable housing in New Hampshire. Recently, Senator Shaheen visited Salem, Franconia, West Lebanon and Laconia to discuss policy solutions to lower housing costs for communities across the state.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-22T05:24:59Z", "2026-08-22T05:26:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/news/press/shaheen-visits-affordable-housing-in-keene-spotlights-key-provisions-she-secured-for-new-hampshire-in-landmark-21st-century-road-to-housing-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0571039747446775, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}