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Event Recap: 2025 Greater Seacoast Housing Summit
Over 90 housing and business professionals attended this year's Greater Seacoast Housing Summit on economic trends and employer-assisted housing. The 2025 Greater Seacoast Housing Summit On November 6, 2025, around 80 housing advocates, business professionals, and political leaders gathered for the 8 th annual Greater Seacoast Housing Summit, hosted by the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast. WHC partnered with the Seacoast Chamber Alliance, bringing together
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WHC Newsletter | October 2025
Welcome to The Greater Seacoast Housing Wire , the Workforce Housing Coalition's monthly newsletter! We’re officially in the thick of event season — that stretch of the year between summer’s lull and the holidays when every organization seems to host its big gathering. From New Hampshire Housing’s Housing and Economy Conference to a Housing Supply Coalition luncheon and a flurry of webinars on municipal land use strategies, it’s been a busy few weeks for the women of the Wor
Seacoast WHC
Oct 30
Event Recap: Portsmouth Candidates Housing Forum
Portsmouth City Council Candidates gathered at Portsmouth Public Library on October 14 to discuss housing. On October 14, 2025, the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast partnered with Progress Portsmouth for a Candidates Housing Forum. With less than a month until municipal elections in Portsmouth, 12 of 15 candidates for City Council gathered at the Portsmouth Public Library. The candidates were met with a full house of engaged Portsmouth residents, eager to
Seacoast WHC
Oct 20
Event Recap: Where We Live Tour at MADCO3D
Attendees of the Where We Live Tour gather in the entryway of MADCO3D at Gonic Mill in Rochester. On September 18, 2025, engineers, architects, bankers, municipal officials, and members of the WHC community gathered at MADCO3D in Rochester, NH. Alongside co-founder and Executive VP Dan Bernard, this Where We Live Tour gave exclusive access to MADCO3D’s facility and the opportunity to see the future in action. The tour was followed by a Housing Happy Hour hosted at Back Hill B
Seacoast WHC
Sep 26
Guest Post: Why the housing crisis is everyone's problem: Jeff Lefkovich
The following blog post was written by guest writer Jeff Lefkovich, the Executive Director of Real Estate and Housing Development at Catholic Charities New Hampshire. Catholic Charities New Hampshire is consistently involved with affordable housing development and assistance. In October 2024, they broke ground on a project bringing more than 90 workforce housing units to Peterborough , with another 80 affordable units approved in Rochester in March of this year. In this piec
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Sep 11
Event Recap: Developers Roundtable with Faith Communities
The Developer Roundtable on July 24, 2025 at Temple Israel in Portsmouth brought together faith leaders, developers, and members of the pro-homes community. Source: Home for All Coalition On July 24, 2025, developers, faith leaders, and pro-housing advocates from across the Greater Seacoast gathered at Temple Israel in Portsmouth for a Developer Roundtable. The event was hosted by the Home for All Coalition in partnership with the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Se
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Aug 20
Event Recap: 2025 Spring Policy Session
Taylor Cray, WHC Housing Navigator leads the final segment of the event on local housing wins. On June 24, 2025, housing advocates, policymakers, municipal leaders, and community members gathered at Service Credit Union 's headquarters for the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast’s 2025 Spring Policy Session — a day dedicated to exploring housing challenges, celebrating recent wins, and charting a course toward solutions that ensure everyone who works in the G
Seacoast WHC
Jun 26
Guest Post: Housing and School Enrollment
By Taylor Cray and Sarah Wrightsman As an organization deeply imbedded in the Seacoast region, we are fortunate to engage in a wide variety of community conversations. Despite differences between communities, we hear shared concern about how new housing might impact school enrollment in local school districts. Some believe that new housing, particularly larger, multi-family projects, will disproportionately increase the number of students attending area schools and utilizing
Seacoast WHC
Feb 26
Announcement: WHC Welcomes Emmy Ham as New Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast is pleased to announce Emily “Emmy” Ham as the organization’s new Executive Director. Ham succeeds Nick Taylor, who has provided nearly three years of exceptional leadership to both the organization and the Greater Seacoast community. While Nick will be greatly missed, we are excited to share that he will continue his impactful work as the Executive Director of Housing Action New Hampshire, wher
Seacoast WHC
Jan 24
Event Recap: Approaches for Communities Without Public Water and Sewer Infrastructure
On June 15th, the Workforce Housing Coalition hosted a community discussion on housing approaches for municipalities with limited or no public water and sewer infrastructure. With New Hampshire facing a housing shortage of almost 60,000 units by the end of the decade and rising costs pushing housing out of reach for many, it’s clear more housing is needed all across the state. It’s needed in our cities, our suburban communities, and our rural communities. But, one size fits
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Jul 27, 2023
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