The Missing Middle: Housing Types Portsmouth Lacks
What housing types exist in Portsmouth's older neighborhoods but can't be built new — and why? Essential context for Z-5, Z-8, Z-9.
Open module →RSA 79-E: Community Revitalization Tax Relief
How temporary property tax relief unlocks investment in older buildings and new housing — an active HAP pathway under consideration.
Open module →Why Sequence Matters: Item Dependencies
Which items are preconditions for others, and what does that mean for triage ordering?
Open module →Portsmouth Zoning: The Triage Reference
Zone structure, approval pathways, compliance deadlines, and all 38 Z-items grouped by mechanism.
Open module →What Would It Take?
For each housing type Portsmouth needs, what city-side and developer-side conditions would actually have to align? Frames the Phase 2 capital flow questions.
Open module →The Capital Flow Test
The conceptual grounding for the four triage questions. Which item types change investment decisions — and for which actors?
Open module →From HAP to Ordinance
Three implementation paths with realistic timelines. Which items go to Planning Board, which to City Manager, which to Council resolution?
Open module →How Affordable Housing Gets Financed
Capital stack, operating gap, and what Portsmouth can do about it. Essential for evaluating incentive and funding items.
Open module →Capital Flow Scoring Tool
Select any of the 148 HAP items, answer four structured questions, generate a printable record of the committee's reasoning.
Open tool →By-Right vs. Discretionary Permitting
Why does the approval pathway determine whether housing gets built at all? The foundational concept behind most HAP zoning items.
Open module →How a Development Pro Forma Works
What is the financial test every housing project must pass before it can be built?
Open module →What AMI Means in Portsmouth Dollars
When the HAP sets an affordability target, who does it actually reach in Portsmouth's market?
Open module →Permanent Affordability: The Tools Available to Portsmouth
What's actually off the table under Dillon's Rule — and what tools does Portsmouth have?
Open module →Who Is Not at the Table?
Renters, service workers, and young residents are structurally absent from Portsmouth's housing policy process. Civic context — not a triage instrument.
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