Press Releases
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 […]
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 […]
10.25.2023
Our View: Cleansing racist deeds is progress, but not enough
By The Eagle Tribune The exclusionary roots of our current housing crisis, and its separation into the haves and have-nots, can […]
10.23.2023
Legacy of racist housing restrictions uncovered in North Shore communities
By Chris Burrell at GBH Hundreds of deeds for homes on the North Shore contain racist language or covenants, prohibiting the […]
10.17.2023
Project identifies racial covenants in North Shore deeds
By Paul Leighton at The Salem News BEVERLY — The deeds of several hundred properties in southern Essex County contain language […]
02.21.2023
Old school: Beverly High seniors making documentary about former Briscoe school
By The Salem Evening News BEVERLY — A century after it was built as the city’s high school, the Briscoe building […]
08.04.2022
New Affordable Housing Community Opens in Beverly
by Liz Hughes at Boston Agent Magazine The first phase of Anchor Point, a new affordable housing community, has opened […]
08.04.2022
A Place to Anchor: Ceremony Marks Opening of 38 Affordable Units
By The Salem News BEVERLY — Some of the most hard-to-get living spaces in Beverly are about to open. Officials […]
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 […]
02.17.2022
Do You Qualify for This Affordable Housing? Maybe
By The Salem News BEVERLY — If you think you make too much money to qualify for the new affordable […]
05.20.2020
Drawings, photos offer hope to residents at Harborlight Community Partners
By The Salem News The residents at Harborlight Community Partners in Beverly thrive on interaction, with each other as well […]
05.20.2020
Harborlight Community Partners provides update amid coronavirus pandemic
By Jennie Oemig beverly@wickedlocal.com BEVERLY — Officials with Harborlight Community Partners, a North Shore affordable housing non-profit, have been continuing to […]
11.20.2019
Congratulations Andrew DeFranza!
Harborlight Community Partners’ Executive Director, Andrew DeFranza, has been named a 2019 North Shore Distinguished Leader by the North Shore […]
11.20.2019
Chamber Dinner to Honor 6 North Shore Leaders
By The Salem News DANVERS — The North Shore Chamber of Commerce will honor six area leaders Thursday at its 101st […]
11.19.2019
Beverly’s Briscoe Middle School to become affordable senior apartments
By Wicked Local, Beverly BEVERLY — The former Briscoe Middle School will soon serve as a housing option for many […]
11.19.2019
Affordable Housing Planned for Briscoe
Beverly to sell school to Harborlight for $600,000 By The Salem News BEVERLY — The historic Briscoe building where generations […]
08.12.2019
4 bidders seek to buy Briscoe
Plans call for transformation of historic building in Beverly By The Salem News BEVERLY – The city has received four offers […]
05.14.2019
Hardy Street housing project moving forward in Beverly
Harborlight Community Partners (HCP) is the recent recipient of a $900,000 award from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community […]
02.20.2019
Beverly Affordable Housing Project Receives CPA Funding
By Wicked Local, Beverly A new affordable housing project being eyed for a 5-acre plot of vacant land at 108 […]
02.10.2019
Panel backs $250K for affordable housing complex in Beverly
By The Salem News BEVERLY — A committee has recommended spending $250,000 in community preservation money to help pay for […]
01.25.2019
‘I’m going to feel like Rockefeller’ – Housing complex for homeless to open
By The Salem News SALEM — Ronnie Forziati’s hands shook from excitement as he toured the apartments at 43 Boston […]