Podcast: Boom Means Rising Prices And Need For Workforce Housing

Portsmouth NH

30 December, 2020

9:00 AM

Description

InDepth NH By Roger Wood, InDepthNH.org | 15 hours ago By ROGER WOOD, InDepthNH.org This podcast explores two sides of the housing boom, rising prices and the need for workforce housing. I speak to Adam Gaudet, a real estate Broker and president of the Seacoast Board of Realtors, and Craig Welch, Executive Director of the Portsmouth Housing Authority.Gaudet is the Broker / Owner at 603 Birch Realty in Chester, an independent real estate firm serving the entire Granite State. Craig Welch, left, and Mark Lentz, facilities manager, are pictured at the construction site of the new building next to the Portsmouth Housing Authority building. Courtesy photo Welch is the Executive Director for the Portsmouth Housing Authority, overseeing a $90 million housing portfolio with eleven properties and 600 affordable housing units in the City of Portsmouth. Roger Wood bio Roger Wood is an award winning radio, newspaper and television journalist, with over 40 years of experience in the media. Roger has spent his entire professional career in New Hampshire. Roger currently serves as associate publisher at InDepthNH.org. He has produced news and special feature reports for InDepthNH, New Hampshire Public Radio, NPR, and other Public and commercial radio stations. He also produced spot news for CBS Radio. This story was originally published by InDepth NH.