Lois Cote

I have been working for 3 years as a volunteer with a group of parents to create a permanent set of supported (housing) residences for their adult children with developmental disabilities, and for others with similar needs, as there will come a time when these parents can no longer care for their children, and NH has no such program of permanent, stable housing for persons with these needs. We incorporated in August 2025 as Our Homestead, Inc., a nonprofit NH charitable trust. Raising the money for such a program, first to provide the physical structure(s) and then to design and implement a permanent, affordable and sustainable supportive housing program, takes several years and intensive effort. Implementing the tax proposed in HB1293 would seriously undermine the viability of the project's affordability and sustainability, New Hampshire does not choose to fund this urgently needed kind of residential service, PLEASE, do not undermine our project or others like it, already in operation or in progress, by implementing a tax against completely charitably held residences. PLEASE ITL HB1293. Thank you.