MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Recently elected mayors on the Seacoast and in the Lakes Region are hoping for a surge in homebuilding next year to add housing capacity in a tight market.

Chuck Grassie, the new mayor-elect of Rochester, said the Lilac City is one of the fastest-growing areas in the state, but there's still not enough housing supply for young, working families, an issue he has experienced personally.

"We had a very discouraging thing recently," Grassie said. "We had to move my grandson to North Carolina because he could not find an apartment up here for less than $3,000. He was working in Boston, wanted something in the southern part of New Hampshire, and there just weren't any apartments for him and his fiancée. They moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. They have a wonderful apartmen

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