Harborlight Homes

Catalyst Housing – Lottery
2025-02-10 18:00 (America/New_York) | Land of a Thousand Hills Cafe, 61 Munroe St, Lynn, United States
Newly renovated historic building with studio apartments for individuals in Lynn, MA with included utilities (heat, A/C, electricity, water). Applications and informational flyers in multiple languages are available here. Deadline for completed applications is 4pm on January 15, 2025.
Lottery Details:

February 10, 2025 – 6:00 pm
Land of a Thousand Hills Café, 61 Munroe Street, Lynn, MA and on Zoom

Zoom Info:
Coming Soon! to Connect on February 10, 2025
Meeting ID: coming soon!
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Affordable Housing Trust Fund Roundtable
2025-09-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Anchor Point, 106 Sohier Rd, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
Join Us at Anchor Point, Thursday Sept. 25th
Tour @ 5:30PM
Roundtable Discussion @ 6:15PM
For existing trustees of Affordable Housing Trusts and Community Preservation Committees, staff that supports trusts and CPC’s, and communities exploring the creation of an Affordable Housing Trust.
RSVP by Sept. 24 to sgoehring@mhp.net

Harborlight Homes 2025: Journey Home
2025-10-09 18:00 - 21:00 | True North Ale Company, 116 County Road, Ipswich, MA, 01938, United States
We’re back with our friends at True North Ale Company in Ipswich for our 2025 annual event. Show your support of Harborlight Homes among hundreds of colleagues and business partners and join us as we honor you and the lives you are changing.
You will impact the JOURNEY HOME for hundreds of families, vulnerable elders, essential workers and more with your event Sponsorship or Program Book Ad. Join distinguished guests, friends and neighbors on October 9th, 2025, and show your commitment to homes for all.

Housing Institute Fall 2025
2025-10-22 17:30 - 20:30 | Danvers Senior Center, 25 Stone St, Danvers, 01923, United States
Join Us for our Fall Housing Institute
Info Session Class 5:30 – 8:30PM
An educational workshop for local leaders — designed for elected officials, town managers, and members of Select Boards, Affordable Housing Trusts, Community Preservation Committees, and Planning/Zoning boards.
Light Dinner and Refreshments Provided.
Registration is limited!

Dirty Deeds Project
2025-10-30 17:00 - 18:00 | Sawyer Free Library – Community Room 003, 2 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Join Andrew DeFranza, Executive Director, and Nancy Sanchez, Advocacy & Education Manager at Harborlight Homes as they discuss their role in the Dirty Deeds Project.
The Dirty Deeds Project is a collaboration between Harborlight Homes, the NAACP North Shore Branch, and the Mapping Prejudice Project at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Together, the partners examined property records in Southern Essex County and identified 407 deeds containing racially restrictive covenants, later confirmed as 390 after duplicates were removed.
Racial covenants were once a widespread practice used to exclude people from homeownership based on race, ethnicity, or religion. These clauses were written directly into property deeds and included language such as:
“The granted premises shall not be sold, mortgaged or leased to or occupied by persons of negro blood.” — Marblehead
“Said premises shall not be conveyed to or occupied by a colored person.” — Beverly
“The premises … shall not be owned or occupied by any person of Negro, Jewish, Italian, Greek, Polish or Armenian blood.” — Nahant
Although no longer enforceable, the presence of these covenants in the historical record continues to send a harmful message to those they targeted.
The project not only documents this discriminatory history but also advances solutions. Harborlight Homes and its partners are supporting Senator Lydia Edwards’ bill (HD.4087/SD.720, An Act Providing for the Removal of Void Restrictive Covenants), which seeks to remove such language from property records across Massachusetts.
By uncovering and addressing this history, The Dirty Deeds Project works toward building more inclusive and equitable communities.
Register to attend at the provided Event Link
Date: Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM

EOHLC's North Shore Fair Housing Regional Listening Session
2026-02-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Salem State University, South Campus, 99 Harrison St, Salem, 01970, United States
Attend a listening session in support of EOHLC’s Fair Housing Office.
Harborlight Homes will be cohosting this event at Salem State’s South Campus on 2/12/26 from 1-3pm.
Please see the attached notice for more information.

You can register here: EOHLC NS Listening Session

Hope to see you there!

Rosa and the Harborlight Team
