Nahant News

Community members are invited to attend a webinar regarding a proposal to create an Affordable Housing Trust in Nahant on Tuesday, March 31.

Shelly Goehring, Senior Program Manager at the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, will present information about trusts at the webinar, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Goehring will define municipal affordable housing, and what a trust may mean to the community.

Residents will have ample time at the end of the presentation to ask questions and share their thoughts.

Town leaders are working on a proposal to create a trust, which will be presented to Town Meeting for consideration on Saturday, May 16.

Such trusts are public bodies enabled under state law and can hold money and property independent of municipal government. Trusts may be able to access funding from non-traditional sources.

Trusts generally support affordable housing through:

• Providing homebuyers assistance, such as funding down payments or closing costs, and more
• Interest-rate buy-down initiatives
• Rental assistance vouchers 
• Home preservation, purchasing, and rehabilitation 
• Pre-development financing for new construction of affordable rental units.

To attend the webinar

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83616452900?pwd=JjiKIgVAi0zGBH0yvd3g1gImdkP4bo.1

Meeting ID: 836 1645 2900

Passcode: 581326

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Please see the notice from the Town of Nahant Assessors Department

If you have any questions please contact the Assessors Department at 781-581-0212

The Board of Selectmen voted to maintain a single tax rate on September 23, 2025 at the Tax Classification Hearing. The fiscal year 2026 tax rate is $8.99 and is down 16 cents from last year. The tax bills were mailed on October 1st and should be paid no later than November 1, 2025 to avoid fees and interest. Call the Treasurer/Collector for payment information.

Exemption and Abatement applications are available to pick-up in the Town Hall; lower level. Forms are located in a rack outside the Assessor’s Office. If you received an exemption in the past, you must file again this year and every year hereafter because exemptions are not granted automatically.

Certain seniors and veterans may also be eligible for the Town’s Work-Off Abatement program: work about 100 to 133 hours in exchange for a reduction of taxes from $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 maximum. This program officially started September 1, 2024 and ended August 31, 2025. The reduction affects this fiscal year 2026 real estate tax bill and will be reported on the final payment notice of April 1, 2026. Older taxpayers may apply this year, please see the Assessor for more information. Applications are required every year to make room for new employees.

In addition, taxpayers may dispute their new assessment by filing an abatement application that must be received in the Assessor’s office no later than November 1, 2025. Others (seniors, veterans, blind) filing an exemption have until April 1, 2026 to file but, it is best to file by January 31, 2026. All exemptions and abatements of taxes will be applied to the final payment notice dated April 1, 2026.

If you have any questions about your assessment, please call Sheila Hambleton, Town Assessor.

Regards,
Sheila Hambleton
Town Assessor
Ph. 781-581-0212; Fax 781-581-9849
email shambleton@nahant.org

Computer Directions: Anyone can check their new assessments online at Nahant.org; under helpful Links, click GIS Maps & Property Data, click I Agree, click Allow, click Search (button is near top left side)- you can search by map/lot number, owner name, or address. A list of properties may pop up then click your selection. A map highlighting the selected property will appear along with a small box containing a picture and links to property record card assessment information. In the Documents & Links tab you can find the current assessment in “Patriot Final FY Property Card” and last year’s assessment in the CAI property Card link. These will be available for the month of October so you can compare assessment data.