it's estimated that we're about sixty thousand housing units short of a healthy market
OverstatedChris Pappas, at New Hampshire U.S. Senate General Election Debate (WMUR)
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Why we checked itSpecific figure about New Hampshire's housing shortage that drives the speaker's policy argument — verifiable against housing market data
What we foundThe ~60,000 figure is real and comes from New Hampshire Housing's authoritative 2023 Statewide Housing Needs Assessment, but it refers to units needed by 2030 to accommodate projected population growth — not the current shortage needed to reach a 'healthy market,' which the same assessment pegs at approximately 23,500 units.