Felon Friendly Apartments in New Hampshire

There is no universal "felony-friendly" certification. Screening policies differ by property and management company. This page does not make claims about state or local law; confirm a property’s current requirements directly before applying.

MANCHESTER MHRA EIGHT LINKED PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS — Eight named major MHRA public-housing development pages linked by https://manchesterhousing.org/public-housing/. Six development detail pages have a single numbered site reference, including two which also host a management office. Elmwood Gardens spans five named streets and Manseau Manor three numbered street ranges; neither has one truthful map pin.

Kelley Falls' residential detail page says 315 Kimball St, but the overview's 463 Kimball St is its management zone office. Gallen's 200 Hanover St is not MHRA's 198 Hanover St intake office. Only Kelley Falls (132) and Governor Hugh J. Gallen Apartments (95) print a unit total; do not equate their sum with the agency's entire public-housing inventory.

MHRA's https://manchesterhousing.org/public-housing/ links these EIGHT major public-housing development pages, not every one of MHRA's properties. Its separate https://manchesterhousing.org/other-mhra-properties/ lists other/LIHTC housing, not extra rows in this public-housing directory.

The https://manchesterhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MHRA-Applicant-Handbook-04.30.24_nonbooklet.pdf says MHRA is the public-housing landlord and residents generally pay 30% of income for rent and utilities; it does not quote a property-specific asking rent or establish a vacant unit. The agency's main intake office 198 Hanover Street and property management zone offices are not additional residences.

Reviewed September 29, 2026.

MHRA's current https://manchesterhousing.org/apply-for-assistance/ offers an online application https://www.pha-web.com/portals/onlineApplication/1895, an Applicant Portal, and a printable April 2024 application https://manchesterhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PDF-Application_April-5-2024_Printable-on-Letter-Size-Paper.pdf to sign and mail or drop at 198 Hanover Street, Manchester NH 03104-6125 (603-624-2100).

Online applicants must apply separately to EACH applicable program waiting list, save the control number/registration code, and should not duplicate a list they are already on.

The public-housing FAQ https://manchesterhousing.org/public-housing/ separately says public-housing unit offers are made throughout the city, with NO development-specific public-housing waiting lists; one may select separate program lists without choosing Kelley Falls or another specific building.

The FAQ describes preliminary screening, an approximate waiting-time letter, later final eligibility interview and an offer only when a unit becomes available. MHRA says there is no emergency housing. An office visit for help should be scheduled by phone.

The https://manchesterhousing.org/apply-for-assistance/ public-housing table shows elderly/disabled one-bedroom estimated wait 2½–3 years AS OF MAY 4, 2026; two-bedroom and accessible units say “Upon Availability.” Its family table (no separate as-of date shown) says one-, four- and five-bedroom “Upon Availability,” two-bedroom 4–5 years, three-bedroom 3½–4 years. “Upon Availability” is not an open apartment or a guaranteed immediate placement.

Actual waits vary; MHRA does not maintain site-specific public-housing queues. The same application page labels its 80%-AMI income limits effective May 1, 2025: households of 1–10 respectively $70,350 / $80,400 / $90,450 / $100,500 / $108,550 / $116,600 / $124,650 / $132,700 / $140,700 / $148,750; these are historical program-page limits, not a current property rent or automatic eligibility decision.

Confirm the latest table with MHRA. The public-housing FAQ https://manchesterhousing.org/public-housing/ says unpaid amounts from prior federal assistance must be settled before waiting-list placement and describes stated lifetime sex-offender-registration and methamphetamine-manufacture exclusions.

It also says drug/alcohol-related or violent criminal activity that may threaten others CAN be grounds for disqualification, not that every conviction is automatically disqualifying.

The https://manchesterhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MHRA-Applicant-Handbook-04.30.24_nonbooklet.pdf, revised April 30, 2024, says MHRA checks criminal background for household members aged 17 or older, may check public-housing landlord references, verifies income/identity/preferences at final eligibility, and offers a written denial and informal review request within 14 days.

These general MHRA policies are not an approval of a specific applicant; ask for current written program rules. MHRA says it provides reasonable accommodations and language assistance at 603-624-2100. No directory unit total is a vacancy; no listing promises criminal-record approval.

The Manchester city resources preserve all eight development location claims, program-level screening, the May 2026 estimated waits and the historic 2025 income-limit table. Management offices and district-wide counts are not separate rental homes.

NASHUA NHA EXACT-OWNER ASSESSOR PARCEL REVIEW — Nashua's exact-owner assessor search https://assessing.nashuanh.gov/SearchResults.asp?SearchOwner=NASHUA+HOUSING+AUTHORITY yielded 40 tax parcels reviewed September 29, 2026. The Nashua city resources list each parcel, building classification, account link, nonresidential exclusions and the 101 Major Drive redevelopment context.

Twenty-eight residential-classed parcels are grouped into 13 unverified housing leads; the other 12 parcels (including four Maynard redevelopment parcels) are disclosed but not advertised as current rentals. The Nashua assessor's exact-owner search https://assessing.nashuanh.gov/SearchResults.asp?SearchOwner=NASHUA+HOUSING+AUTHORITY is a property-tax inventory, NOT a rental directory or a list of open applications.

On September 29, 2026 it returned 40 parcels under the exact name NASHUA HOUSING AUTHORITY: 28 residential-classed parcels grouped into 13 housing leads below, four separately assessed 101 Major Drive parcels, four condominium holdings, three parking lots, and one office.

The 38–40 East Pearl Street OFFICE parcel and the city-listed NHRA office at 40 East Pearl Street (https://www.nashuanh.gov/635/Nashua-Housing-and-Redevelopment-Authori) are not apartment leads. The three parking lots are 34–36 East Pearl, 43 Tyler and 45 Tyler.

The assessor's 'built/type' and land-use fields are tax classifications, not a current vacancy, per-building unit inventory, confirmed public-housing designation, rent schedule, eligibility rule, or statement of conviction-screening. Some assessed address ranges cover multiple doors.

Ask the Nashua Housing and Redevelopment Authority directly about current programs, vacancies, application routes, income limits, and written criminal-record screening before applying or visiting.

CONCORD CHR FIVE PUBLIC HOUSING SITES — Concord Housing + Redevelopment's https://www.concordhousing.org/public-housing lists five main sites totaling 262 public-housing units; Pitman Place and Thompson Square are funded subsets inside two of them, NOT 17 extra units or independent addresses.

The Concord city resources preserve each site's address scope and eligibility, historic policy links versus the newer 2025 https://www.concordhousing.org/UploadedFiles/Images/ACOP%20Plan%20Complete%2010-01-2025.pdf, a closed general public-housing waitlist with an accessible-unit application exception, and the undated displayed income-limit table. The 23 Green Street agency office is not housing. Reviewed September 29, 2026.

DOVER DHA EIGHT LINKED PROPERTY PAGES — Dover's https://doverhousingauthority.org/properties/ links eight affordable property pages with 503 summed headline units, while describing an agency portfolio of more than 500; it does not classify them all as public housing or vacancies.

The Dover city resources retain the two internal unit-mix conflicts (Addison and Niles), an office-versus-neighborhood address distinction, unlocated market-rate street labels, program-specific eligibility, and contradictory https://doverhousingauthority.org/apply-now/ / https://doverhousingauthority.org/eligibility/ waiting-list statements. Reviewed September 29, 2026.

ROCHESTER RHA NINE SOURCE HOUSING ENTRIES — Rochester Housing Authority's https://rhanh.org/properties-%2F-programs contains four low-rent public-housing entries totaling 172 stated units, four separately labeled LIHTC properties (one with an incomplete caption), and a four-unit Academy Street program managed for a third party with a different application route.

Its two truncated property captions and missing residential entrance numbers should not be filled by inference. Rochester city resources document https://rhanh.org/forms, https://rhanh.org/portals, the unverified waitlist status, RHA's 77 Olde Farm Lane office versus Wellsweep's neighborhood, and the 13-voucher subset INSIDE Nickless's 24 homes. Reviewed September 29, 2026.

SALEM NH SHA FOUR PROPERTY GALLERIES — Salem Housing Authority at https://salemhousing.com/ lists THREE New Hampshire public-housing developments totaling 158 units, plus a separate 24-unit LIHTC development, Downing Way. Its photo galleries do not provide site-level public-housing counts or confirmed numbered residences; 70 Telfer Circle is the common office contact.

The Salem, Massachusetts authority at https://salemha.org/public-housing was the source of two incorrect New Hampshire cards (27 Charter Street and 3 Broad Street), now withdrawn from NH public results without deletion. Salem NH city resources preserve the income chart, program-specific age criteria, mailed public-housing application route, vague waiting-list status and agency contacts. Reviewed September 29, 2026.

KEENE HOUSING LINKED DIRECTORY AND SCATTERED SITES — KH https://keenehousing.org/apply-for-housing/properties/ links fourteen named property pages spanning Keene and Swanzey; Brookbend's one page names TWO distinct communities (East 40 at 27 Ivy Drive, West 35 at 82 Meadow Road).

The fifteen named-site headline counts sum to 546, not the entire 550+ agency portfolio. https://keenehousing.org/scattered-sites/ identifies eleven further Keene and three Marlborough address groups: applicants choose scattered sites by TOWN, not address, and unit counts are not stated. Swanzey and Marlborough are not Keene city.

The new https://keenehousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/KH_TSOP-Plan_2026-.pdf says property waitlists are never closed but does not confirm apartment vacancies; its felony and misdemeanor restrictions include case-specific review rights. City resources retain address ranges, program-specific income/age differences, Roosevelt East's dated application notice, and the distinct HCV online link. Reviewed September 29, 2026.