HB 444 · 2025 · House · Housing Committee

Tenant notice before multi-family home sale

relative to a tenant's right to notification prior to the sale of a multi-family home.

Requires owners of restricted multi-family residential property to notify tenants of a planned sale and provide an opportunity to submit a purchase offer.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 6, 2025

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Analysis

This bill requires the owner of restricted multi-family residential property to provide tenants with notice of sale of the property and an opportunity to make an offer to purchase the property.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Public testimony

9 signed in online · 1 wrote testimony

44% support44% oppose11% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“I have known several cases in my district where the tenants were made aware of the situation and were able to buy the multi-family unit and stay as residents and not become homeless. Sixty days is reasonable.”

— David Preece, Manchestersupports

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay

Starting text: Bill as introduced

Jan 28, 2025HouseCommittee report· regular calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate10–8
Overall
56% yea
Feb 6, 2025HouseRoll callInexpedient to LegislateAdopted213–144How they voted
Overall
60% yea
Party-line vote
Republicans
208–0100% yea
Democrats
5–1443% yea

Hearings and debates

Jan 21, 2025Public hearingHouse Housing4:56:33–4:57:411m 8slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing; Executive Session
Feb 6, 2025Floor debateHouse floor1:20:48–1:30:179m 29slocated in the stream transcriptInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 213-144

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Housing HJ 3 P. 10
Jan 21, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/21/2025 02:30 pm LOB 210-211
Jan 21, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 01/21/2025 02:30 pm LOB 210-211
Jan 28, 2025HouseMajority : Inexpedient to Legislate 01/28/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 10 P. 9
Jan 30, 2025HouseMinority : Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0096h
Feb 6, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 213-144 02/06/2025 HJ 4 P. 24

Coverage

No reporting linked yet.

Background reading

Evergreen reading on the policy area — spanning perspectives — not coverage of this specific bill.

Just cause eviction policiesExplainer
Local Housing Solutions (NYU Furman Center) — What a good-cause requirement does, what it costs, and where it has been adopted.AI-generated
“Just cause” eviction lawsAcademic — evidence
Urban Institute — What the research finds about eviction filings where just-cause rules exist.AI-generated
Advancing tenant protections: just cause eviction lawsTenant side
National Low Income Housing Coalition — The tenant-advocacy case for limiting no-fault terminations.AI-generated
The first four housing reform bills of 2025Free market — NH
Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy — The supply-side reading of New Hampshire's housing bills, including limits on corporate buyers.AI-generated
Good cause eviction policies don’t hamper construction, new research showsResearch reporting
Shelterforce — The construction-effects question that dominates the legislative argument.AI-generated

Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.