Housing Matters
06.25.2025
Why we support Harborlight Homes: A Note from Pam and Dave Constantine
Pam and Dave Constantine, Beverly, MA Dave and I have given to Harborlight for years. Early on, the gift had […]
06.10.2025
Registry of Deeds Announces the Cleaning of Dirty Deeds
Beverly, MA — Register Eileen Duff announced that the Southern Essex Registry of Deeds isimplementing a program to “clean” property […]
05.20.2025
Why we support Harborlight Homes: A Note from Ann and Dane Poeske
Ann and Dane Poeske, Newburyport, MA Both Ann and I grew up in working class neighborhoods in the Midwest. We […]
05.01.2025
Wealth Gaps in the Golden Years: Economic Insecurity for Older Adults in a High-Cost State
By Kelly Harrington, Luc Schuster Boston Indicators. Laura D. Quinby, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Across the nation, many older […]
04.30.2025
Recap: Undervalued: Appraisal Bias in Massachusetts
The Boston Foundation Lee Pelton, President and CEO of the Boston Foundation, welcomed the audience at the Edgerley Center for […]
04.25.2025
Massachusetts needs more affordable housing, study says. Lots of it.
By Andrew Brinker, Globe staff, The Boston Globe The state is at least 440,000 units short of demand for income-restricted […]
03.12.2025
Lifebridge, Haborlight Homes provide update on supportive housing and shelter improvement project
By Michael McHugh at The Salem News SALEM — The latest revised plans to replace two congregate homelessness shelters on Canal […]
09.30.2024
Harborlight Homes Receives a $2 Million Equity Equivalent Investment (EQ2) from First Citizens Bank to Advance Mission of Affordable Housing
Beverly, MA - Harborlight Community Partners (DBA Harborlight Homes), a Beverly-based nonprofit, today announced that it has received a $2 […]
08.22.2024
Lifebridge expansion plan reworked again to utilize proposed zoning overlay
By Michael McHugh at The Salem News SALEM — Lifebridge North Shore and Harborlight Homes have once again revised their plan […]
05.10.2022
Zoning has Played a Major Role in Racial Segregation
New state law aimed at spurring housing construction can be vehicle for racial justice IN RESPONSE TO decades of rising housing […]
01.08.2019
Resident Partner Award: Bette MacNeill
The Resident Partner Award honored Mrs. Bette MacNeill, of Beverly and formerly of Hamilton. Bette has been a great friend […]
01.08.2019
Service Partner Award: Carol Suleski
HCP Director, Carol Suleski, presents the Service Partner Award to Associated Home Care President, Mike Trigilio. Beverly-based Associated Home Care […]
01.08.2019
Celebration 2014: Planting Seeds of Hope
Harborlight Community Partners came together with 300 friends for the annual Celebration of Community Partnerships: Planting Seeds of Hope event. […]
01.08.2019
Community Partner Award: Neighbors of 5 Granite Street, Rockport
Granite Street Crossing is slated to be a beautiful and well situated mixed-use project, fusing elder housing and family housing. The […]
01.08.2019
Resident Partner Award: Tony Monaco
Tony feels like he is a very lucky man. A resident of Hamilton’s Firehouse Place, Tony is an HCP resident […]
06.07.2017
A few thoughts about our year in Hamilton: part 2
Good evening. After the Hamilton Board of Selectmen meeting on May 1, 2017 Harborlight Community Partners (HCP) has received numerous […]
06.01.2017
A few thoughts about our year in Hamilton: part 1
Good evening. After the Hamilton Board of Selectmen meeting on May 1, 2017 Harborlight Community Partners (HCP) has received numerous […]
05.16.2017
A Word About Why We Do This Work
By Andrew DeFranza The following is an excerpt of Andrew's speech at the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce Leadership Series event […]
04.13.2017
Caring for others in the most mundane ways through hard work, compassion, kindness.
My name is Mike McFadden and I am the Turtle Creek maintenance man. I have been working for Harborlight Community […]
04.02.2017
In this season I have you…my North Shore neighbors…on my mind
It’s a lovely day outside. A day that is desperately trying to move from Winter to Spring. It is a […]
01.12.2017
Affordable housing allows good people to stay on the North Shore
By Denise Frame Harlan My husband Scott and I were living a charmed life, the spring I turned 34. We […]
12.11.2016
In a lop-sided world, we have a lot to share.
By Sarah Bartley My eyes were glued to the paper. The Globe didn't interview me, I thought, but oh […]
11.23.2016
Facing Food Insecurity: Nourishing our Neighbors
By Stacey Verge, Executive Director, Acord Food Pantry Did you realize that 1 in 8 people in Massachusetts suffer from […]
10.09.2016
Sowing the Seeds of Empathy With Technology?
By Rich Lehrer A unique 3D printing partnership leads to deep learning and new friendships - for a group of […]