MANCHESTER, N.H. — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) was honored Thursday by the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, a New Hampshire nonprofit lender, with its Community Champion Lifetime Achievement Award, her office said Friday.

According to Shaheen's office, the award recognized her work on behalf of the state's resident-owned communities, manufactured housing parks owned by the people who live in them, and her efforts to expand affordable housing. Shaheen also spoke at the organization's annual meeting, where the award was presented.

The Community Loan Fund provides loans, coaching and guidance to New Hampshire communities. Shaheen's office said the nonprofit has invested more than $518 million across the state since its founding in 1983.

"It is humbling to receive this Lifetime Achievement Award from such a critical institution in the state," Shaheen said in a statement. She described the group's philosophy as "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" and said she had been proud to work with it, investors and local leaders on affordable housing and manufactured housing communities.

Her office said Shaheen helped pass the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which it said will lower construction costs for new, affordable manufactured housing. The office said she secured three provisions in the bill: the PRICE Act, which it said extends a federal grant program that helps pay for the purchase, construction and renovation of manufactured housing communities; the Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act; and the Streamlining Rural Housing Act.

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