Housing Matters
10.03.2016
For all of YOU a word of encouragement – Andrew’s WIHED Award remarks, 9/20/2016
by Andrew DeFranza Harborlight Community Partners', Andrew DeFranza, was among those honored at the Women's Institute for Housing and Economic […]
09.09.2016
One Pathway to Housing: Let’s Consider Zoning
By Robert Gillis Local town and city zoning ordinances reflect a community's desire to maintain its character and stability. This […]
07.21.2016
Look in the mirror
By Jason Silva To me, it's actually pretty simple. People deserve a safe place to live and call home. Let's […]
05.27.2016
Excerpt of Andrew’s UU Church of Essex sermon, given 4/17/16
[caption id="attachment_5477" align="alignright" width="300"] The DeFranza FamilyAndrew, Eden (8), Megan, Loren (10)[/caption] This Housing Matters Blog post is excerpted from […]
05.13.2016
I’m just one of the success stories of Harborlight’s ongoing run of good housing and good communities.
Alberto "Berto" Oyola is a young man who moved into an HCP property with his family when he was just […]
04.14.2016
What is our responsibility to ensuring there is high quality affordable housing in our communities?
By Reverend Julie Flowers When Harborlight Community Partners approached me about writing a piece as a guest blogger for their […]
04.07.2016
A Sign of North Shore Housing Discrimination
We have had a lot going here at HCP lately. We are working every day to provide good, safe, and […]
03.21.2016
People, not buildings, are the core of the Wenham Maple Woods project
This is entry is a repost of Andrew's Letter to the Editor, published in the Salem News, March 21, 2016. […]
10.22.2015
A CALL TO ACTION *SUCCESS UPDATE*
UPDATE 10/23/15 : Thank you everyone for your support. Gov. Baker has signed his approval for HPSTF, H. 3673. We […]
10.07.2015
Andrew’s Testimony Given in Support of H.1111
My name is Andrew DeFranza and I live on the North Shore where I also work with Harborlight Community Partners […]
07.30.2015
Housing Matters – A Call for Zoning Reform, August, 2015
One of the major issues that drives up the cost of housing and makes it impossible for people of low […]
07.08.2015
Housing Matters, July 2015 – Together we can do this.
An acquaintance of mine from High School posted this picture recently. As we are all taking time to remember and […]
04.23.2015
Housing Matters, April 2015 — Here is to Spring and the good we will all do together
Housing Matters, April 2015 -- Here is to Spring and the good we will all do together Spring is upon […]
09.03.2014
Housing Matters, August 2014: Need is where we start
Need. Need is what drives mission. Need is where we start and where our mission comes from. This is the […]
06.16.2014
Housing Matters – June 2014
A few weeks ago I was standing outside at Harborlight House in Beverly waiting to welcome some special visitors. It […]
03.12.2014
Housing Matters March, 2014
Children are pretty compelling people for letting us really see what kinds of things we should be thinking and caring […]