Revision: Nov. 7, 2025, 10:07 a.m.
HB 1026 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2384
06/05
HOUSE BILL 1026
AN ACT relative to the definition of manufactured housing.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Rep. D. Murphy, Ches. 11; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Roy, Rock. 31; Rep. Turcotte, Straf. 4
COMMITTEE: Housing
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies that municipalities may prohibit accessory dwelling units with manufactured housing, and it specifies that manufactured housing does not include accessory dwelling units.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2384
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the definition of manufactured housing.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Accessory Dwelling Units and Manufactured Housing. Amend RSA 674:72, I to read as follows:
I. A municipality that adopts a zoning ordinance pursuant to the authority granted in this chapter shall allow accessory dwelling units in all zoning districts that permit single-family dwellings. One accessory dwelling unit, which may be either attached or detached, shall be allowed as a matter of right. The municipality shall allow one accessory dwelling unit without additional requirements for lot size, except as described by this section, setbacks, aesthetic requirements, design review requirements, frontage, space limitations, or other controls beyond what would be required for a single-family dwelling without an accessory dwelling unit. The municipality may not impose greater requirements for a septic system for a single-family home with an accessory dwelling unit than is required by the department of environmental services. The municipality is not required to allow more than one accessory dwelling unit for any single-family dwelling. The municipality may prohibit accessory dwelling units associated with multiple single-family dwellings attached to each other, such as townhouses, and with manufactured housing as defined in RSA 674:31. The municipality may prohibit accessory dwelling units associated with rented or leased land. Subsequent condominium conveyance of any accessory dwelling unit separate from that of the principal dwelling unit shall be prohibited, notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 356-B:5, unless allowed by the municipality.
2 Manufactured Housing Definition. Amend RSA 674:31 to read as follows:
674:31 Definition. As used in this subdivision, "manufactured housing" means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 square feet or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities, which include plumbing, heating and electrical heating systems contained therein. Manufactured housing as defined in this section shall not include presite built housing as defined in RSA 674:31-a or an accessory dwelling unit as defined in RSA 674:71.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.