Jessica Margeson
Democratic · NH · Member, Manchester Housing Commission
Jessica Margeson serves on the Manchester Housing Commission and is a tenant organizer with the Granite State Organizing Project, where she runs a weekly clinic for tenants facing eviction. She opposes a 2025 state law that lets landlords end a tenancy when the lease runs out.
Where Jessica Margeson stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (2 records), Housing Affordability (9 records),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Raised the shortage of dentists accepting Medicaid patients at a New Hampshire health-care forum.
August 23, 2022Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: axios.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support
Urged Manchester aldermen to include $250,000 for an urban-forestry grant in the city budget.
June 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nhpr.org · researched September 25, 2026
Asked the Nashua Planning Board to reject an asphalt plant near homes because of health, odor, and neighborhood concerns.
March 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nashuanh.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Urged Manchester aldermen to include $250,000 for an urban-forestry grant in the city budget.
June 2, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nhpr.org · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 9 support
At a Manchester housing forum, criticized NH House Bill 60 for making it easier to evict tenants when a lease ends.
October 22, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Joined a Manchester City Hall rally urging zoning changes that would permit more homes and lower housing costs.
April 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Addressed protesters outside Brady Sullivan's Manchester headquarters about rent increases and tenant displacement at the company's properties.
June 15, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Organized an affordable-housing demonstration outside Manchester City Hall and called for more new apartments affordable to lower-income residents.
April 2, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: manchester.inklink.news · researched September 25, 2026
Backed NH House Bill 112's proposal to give tenants notice before a multifamily building sale, citing a family displaced after 24 years in one home.
January 25, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: concordmonitor.com · researched September 25, 2026
Told a New Hampshire House committee how HB 95's local renter protections could help tenants facing sharp rent increases and rental-assistance fraud.
January 17, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: indepthnh.org · researched September 25, 2026
Led a weekly Manchester tenant clinic that helped about 250 families navigate evictions and apply for emergency rental assistance in its first year.
October 19, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nhbr.com · researched September 25, 2026
Read the Manchester Housing Commission's letter to the Zoning Board supporting a proposed 55-unit apartment building with affordable units on Merrimack Street.
September 8, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: manchesternh.gov · researched September 25, 2026
Told New Hampshire Public Radio that Manchester's older affordable apartments had deteriorated and that tenants needed better housing-code enforcement.
November 18, 2021Supports Housing Affordability
Source: nhpr.org · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Led a weekly Manchester tenant clinic that helped about 250 families navigate evictions and apply for emergency rental assistance in its first year.
October 19, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nhbr.com · researched September 25, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Joined Manchester's newly created Housing Commission as one of its founding members.
February 9, 2022
Source: hippopress.com · researched September 25, 2026
Race Jessica Margeson is in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District Hillsborough 24; New Hampshire
Profile last researched September 24, 2026.