Press Releases

04.18.2025

Harborlight Homes: An Organization Update

It is a great honor for all of us, supporters, board members, staff, and community members to work together to […]

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03.13.2025

He went to school there. Now he lives there.

'It really does bring back memories,' Vance Garry said of the former Briscoe building. 'Then and now. It's still here.' […]

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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 […]

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02.24.2025

Washington Street Design Meets Approval

IPSWICH — By John P. Muldoon at The Local News Pleased with design changes to the proposed apartment building on Washington […]

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02.13.2025

Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $158 Million for New Affordable Housing Developments Across the State

14 projects in 12 communities will create 1,100+ affordable housing units for seniors and families Link to Article Governor Maura […]

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02.06.2025

222,000 new homes must be built over the next decade to fix housing shortage, state says

By Andrew Brinker, Globe staff, The Boston Globe Hitting the target would mean picking up the pace of construction, which […]

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01.08.2025

A new class of housing: Repurposing Greater Boston’s vacant schools

By Megan Johnson, Globe correspondent, The Boston Globe As the city of Boston incentivizes developers to turn offices into affordable […]

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01.06.2025

Lighthouse Center classrooms dedicated to parents

By News Staff at The Salem News BEVERLY — Harborlight Homes has announced the launch of the next phase of a […]

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01.03.2025

Beverly resident Evelyn Butman celebrates 105th birthday

By Michael McHugh at The Salem News BEVERLY — On New Year’s Eve, residents of Harborlight Home’s Turtle Creek residence in […]

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10.25.2024

United in Purpose: Catalyst Housing by The Haven Project and Harborlight Homes  – Blog

United Way of Massachusetts Bay Blog Two United Way partners collaborate for transformative impact. In an inspiring collaboration, The Haven […]

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10.01.2024

Harborlight Homes receives $2M gift for Lighthouse Center

By Paul Leighton at The Salem News BEVERLY — Harborlight Homes has received a $2 million donation to help build a […]

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09.30.2024

Tower Family Fund makes Transformative $2 Million Gift to Harborlight Homes’ Capital Campaign to build The Lighthouse Center, Beverly, MA

BEVERLY — Harborlight Homes is honored to announce a significant milestone in its mission to support the community’s most vulnerable […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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08.21.2024

As housing costs continue to climb, Harborlight presses on with Ipswich apartments

By Trevor Meek at The Local News IPSWICH — Andrew DeFranza, executive director of Harborlight Homes, remembers a time when he […]

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03.11.2024

In deeds, people of color were barred from buying homes. Now, they could validate reparations programs.

By Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff, The Boston Globe The modest Cape-style homes on a side street in Beverly are […]

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01.22.2024

Developers of affordable housing in Gloucester have shot at $1.5M in ARPA money

By Ethan Forman at The Gloucester Times For developers or nonprofits looking to build or preserve scarce affordable housing in America’s […]

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01.16.2024

Unearthing racial covenants on the North Shore

By Jennifer Smith at The Commonwealth Beacon Housing and racial justice partnership explores racial discrimination in property deeds Not many […]

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01.16.2024

Pulling the thread on North Shore racial covenants – Podcast

The CommonWealth Beacon Codcast Last year, the “Dirty Deeds Project” brought to light hundreds of racially restrictive covenants in home […]

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01.04.2024

Registry of Deeds officially acknowledges over 500 racial covenants

By Paul Leighton at The Salem News SALEM — The Southern Essex Registry of Deeds has officially acknowledged more than 500 […]

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12.15.2023

Briscoe School in Beverly, MA – Former Students May Soon Live in Massachusetts Housing

By Mark Fogarty PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL HOUSING & REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION The Hall Company of Lynn and Harborlight […]

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12.13.2023

Hall Company seeks long-term affordability of Lynn apartments, collaborates with Harborlight Homes

Submitted to The Item The Hall Company of Lynn and Harborlight Homes of Beverly have reached an agreement on the […]

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11.20.2023

Affordable Housing on Route 1 in Rowley will have to pay $400,000 for road changes

By John P. Muldoon at The Local News ROWLEY — Is it any wonder that building affordable housing is so difficult […]

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11.03.2023

Project of the Month: Groom Construction, Harborlight Homes, and SV Design complete 23-unit affordable housing community

By NEREJ Rockport, MA Groom Construction, Co., Inc., a premiere general contracting firm, Harborlight Homes, an innovative and award-winning nonprofit affordable housing […]

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