Local group says Trisciani/Kaw-uh results on Primary Day prove voters’ focus on improving housing

Monday, September 29, 2025Sunday, September 28, 2025

Manchester Neighbors Welcome, a coalition effort convened by 603 Forward and the New Hampshire Youth Movement, pointed to the success of At-Large Aldermanic Candidate June Trisciani and Ward 1 Aldermanic Candidate Bryce Kaw-uh as examples of how important the issue of housing is for Manchester voters.

Many Granite Staters continue to work from home as pandemic impacts fade

Thursday, September 18, 2025

New Hampshire’s economy has been moving beyond the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but some of the changes appear to be here to stay.

Inventory continues to inch up in New Hampshire housing market

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Inventory in August was 2.5, according the New Hampshire Association or Realtors monthly market report. That means that if all the homes on the market were sold at the current pace, it would take 2.5 months to sell them. Inventory in August 2024 was 2.1.

Granite Staters continue to contend with the housing crisis, fiscal analysis shows

Monday, September 15, 2025Sunday, September 14, 2025

New Hampshire will need to build 90,000 new units over the next one decade to meet growing demands for housing in the state, a recent analysis shows.

The Soapbox: We can’t afford to let outdated zoning keep controlling NH’s housing future

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

As I prepared to move to Manchester to teach economics at Saint Anselm College, I was unaware of the extent of New Hampshire’s housing shortage. Despite having a job with a solid income, securing an apartment felt like winning a lottery. My husband and I scrambled to put down a deposit on a place within minutes of being notified and still, we lost out. Eventually, we got lucky. But that luck, and the ability to buy a condo later, was a privilege many don’t have.

New Hampshire home prices up, but so are listings, inventory

Friday, June 13, 2025

The median sales price for a single-family home in New Hampshire in May was $540,000, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors monthly market report. That’s up from $525,000 a year ago and $528,000 in April. Median means that half of the homes in May closed for less, and half for more.

The Soapbox: What will the NH Senate do with the House budget?

Monday, June 2, 2025

The Republican House budget has eliminated the NH Council on the Arts. Why should NH support this?

June 5 Planning Board: Dunkin by the Mall of NH + more housing

Thursday, May 29, 2025Thursday, May 29, 2025

The Planning Board will meet on Thursday, June 5 at 6 p.m.

The Soapbox: Are developers more important than the citizens?

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

There seems to be a pattern to just say “Yes” to a developer that comes before the city to one of the Boards and asks for a tax credit or a variance that will produce more money for the developer. Part of this pattern is that the city does not ask the developer to add affordable units to their proposed rental properties.

New 7-story building on North End Superette site gets variances

Sunday, May 25, 2025Saturday, May 24, 2025

Earlier this month, developers seeking to construct a seven-story, 51-unit multi-family mixed-use building at 1308 Elm St., the current location of the North End Superette, were granted variances from the city’s zoning ordinances from the Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment for minimum buildable lot area and infringement on the required visual clearance area on a corner lot within the city’s Central Business District.

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