Ayotte signs slate of bills to encourage housing construction, but not all ideas advance

Ayotte signs slate of bills to encourage housing construction, but not all ideas advance

House Bill 577 allows property owners in New Hampshire to construct detached accessory dwelling units, building on the 2016 law that first permitted attached versions of those units by right. (Photo by Linda Yolanda/Getty Images)A year after making housing a central plank of her campaign for governor, Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed 10 bills last week attempting to put limits on local zoning restrictions in order to encourage more housing construction.…