Housing Action NH Recognizes Housing Champions with Home Matters in NH Awards 

CONCORD–This week, Housing Action NH, a coalition of organizations and businesses united around affordable housing policy, presented its “Home Matters in NH Awards” to policy makers, advocates, and members of the media for their efforts to advance and inform policy solutions to New Hampshire’s housing crisis.

This year, Housing Action NH recognized former director Elissa Margolin with the first Ben Frost Award for Excellent Leadership on Housing Policy. This award was established in 2024 to honor the work of Ben Frost who used his near encyclopedic knowledge of state housing policy to make an immeasurable impact on the state’s housing landscape in his role as deputy executive director and chief legal officer for New Hampshire Housing and as a local elected official.

This year’s awardees included:

  • 2025 Legislator of the Year – Senator Keith Murphy
  • 2025 Legislator of the Year – Representative David Paige
  • 2025 Media Award – New Hampshire Has Issues podcast hosted by Liz Canada and
  • 2025 Media Award – New Hampshire Uncharted podcast hosted by NH Fiscal Policy Institute
  • 2025 Advocate of the Year – Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire
  • 2025 Ben Frost Award for Excellent Leadership on Housing Policy – Elissa Margolin

The event was sponsored by: Evernorth; Lighthouse Credit Union; AARP NH; New Hampshire REALTORS; Service Credit Union; and FHLBank Boston.

Housing Action NH Director Nick Taylor released the following statement regarding the 2025 Home Matters in NH Awards:

“Addressing New Hampshire’s housing crisis requires all of us. The Home Matters in NH Awards celebrate those who are lighting the path forward. This year’s honorees in politics, business, and media have shown remarkable dedication to ensuring every Granite Stater can find a place to call home. We proudly recognize the 2025 awardees–Senator Keith Murphy, Representative David Paige, NH Has Issues hosted by Liz Canada, NH Uncharted hosted by Gene Martin, the Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, and Elissa Margolin–and remain committed to continuing this work, side by side.”

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Housing Action NH works to improve state and federal policy so everyone in New Hampshire has a place to call home.