Kate Soule | Support HB1540

I support this bill because I feel that shoreline protection is more important than ADU development close to our precious lakes and rivers. I do think ADUs are a way to reduce the shortage of housing in New Hampshire. But, automatically allowing them near our shores ignores the special protection such areas need in order to preserve our unique natural environment. Allowing ADU would allow shoreline owners to build ADUs, bringing more and more people and more and more damage to our shorelines. I believe HB 1540 is a targeted fix which restores a municipality’s ability to decide whether detached ADUs are appropriate near the water, helping communities balance housing flexibility with the shoreline protections our lakes depend on.