Educating stakeholders is fundamental to the mission of Harborlight Homes.
The technical aspects involved in housing financing, construction, management, and the effect of public policies on affordability, segregation, and communities can feel overwhelming to local policymakers and community members alike. Harborlight can help demystify these issues by educating stakeholders, whether they are new to housing or looking for more technical guidance. Harborlight is happy to be a resource for anyone concerned about access to more affordable housing on the north shore.
Harborlight’s Community Forums provide members of the community with the opportunity to learn more about housing affordability and it impact on families, economic inequality, and racial segregation. These forums are often tailored to topics of importance as they arise in individual communities across the north shore.
Harborlight’s Housing Institute provides local policymakers on the North Shore with the opportunity to learn more about the logistical and technical aspects of housing policy and its impact on the community.
Harborlight’s Housing Stewards provides housing advocates across the North Shore with education, resources, and information on ways to positively impact their communities.
Community Housing Profiles [each is a link to a town page with individualized information]
Beverly | Boxford | Danvers | Essex |
Gloucester | Hamilton | Ipswich | Lynn |
Lynnfield | Manchester | Marblehead | Middleton |
Nahant | Newburyport | Peabody | Rockport |
Rowley | Salem | Saugus | Swampscott |
Topsfield | Wenham |
Resources
Videos:
Segregated by
Design Video:
How the U.S. Made Affordable Homes Illegal Video:
The Disturbing History of the Suburbs Video:
Books:

Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing
Josh Ryan-Collins, Toby Lloyd, Laurie Macfarlane, John Muellbauer

How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
Peter Moskowitz, P.E. Moskowitz