Living in Portsmouth has become out of reach for most city employees

Cost of housing is making it harder to hire essential workers, say union officials

By: Paul Cuno-Booth-Granite State News Collaborative, Seacoast Online

Outlets: Granite State News CollaborativeSeacoast Online

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 1,481

Last Updated: 1 day, 1 hour ago

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Twice a week, Brandon Grigori gets up before dawn at his home in Keene and drives across the state to his job as a firefighter in Portsmouth. It takes him a little under two hours on a good day. He gets to work around 7 a.m., logs a 24-hour shift and gets home exhausted the next morning, around 10.

“My first year doing it, I didn’t really mind it,” he said. He even …

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