Consultant: Portsmouth workforce housing policy isn't working

By: Jeff McMenemy

Outlets: Portsmouth Herald

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 1,126

Last Updated: 2 days, 1 hour ago

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PORTSMOUTH — The city’s existing workforce housing policy is not convincing developers to create more below- market-rate housing in Portsmouth, a consultant hired by the city has concluded.

Kyle Talente, the principal of RKG Associates, stated that “at the end of the day we need to make some modifications if we want the workforce housing policy to have any teeth.”

He explained that means creating a policy “that the market is going to …

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