News
12.20.2025
Why we support Harborlight Homes: A Note from Margaret and Bud Ris
Margaret and Bud Ris, Gloucester, MA My brother Greg developed schizophrenia in his early twenties. After several traumatic hospitalizations, he […]
12.08.2025
1 in 3 voters say they’ve considered leaving Massachusetts — even if they want to stay. ‘Just outrageously expensive.’
Natalie Ryan is considering taking a step that would save her money while making a small but telling statement on […]
12.02.2025
Nonprofits, Cities Take HUD to Court Over CoC Policy Changes
By Donna Kimura NorthShore Magazine Nonprofit organizations and local governments have joined together to sue the Department of Housing and Urban […]
12.01.2025
Lynnfield’s School Street Foods serves a record 25,003 meals
LYNNFIELD – School Street Foods delivered 25,003 meals during the week before Thanksgiving, soundly breaking last year’s record, according to […]
11.17.2025
Zoning overlay for Lifebridge expansion gets final OK from Salem council
By Michael McHugh at The Salem News SALEM — A new ordinance for a project-based zoning overlay to allow for the […]
11.14.2025
Salem City Council Approves Lifebridge Redevelopment Project to Address Homelessness
PRESS RELEASE Lifebridge Northshore SALEM – Salem City Council has passed a 40R zoning overlay to redevelop the Lifebridge North Shore […]
11.10.2025
Healey-Driscoll Administration awards $20 million to upgrade 1,000 housing units, lower energy costs
Fourth round of Climate Ready Housing funding awards will support deep energy retrofits and decarbonization projects Link to Article Governor […]
10.30.2025
Is a $100,000 salary enough to raise a family in Massachusetts? For some local parents, it isn’t.
By Yogev Toby, Globe Correspondent, The Boston Globe Kids played at Temple Beth Shalom Children’s Center in Needham. Scholarships help […]
10.30.2025
Why we support Harborlight Homes: A Note from Gus Serino and Danielle Ledoux
Gus Serino and Danielle Ledoux Harborlight Homes is a top-notch organization founded on the principle of the importance of home in […]
10.27.2025
Zoning overlay for Lifebridge shelter expansion receives first passage
By Michael McHugh at The Salem News SALEM — The ordinance to create a project-based zoning overlay to expand the Lifebridge […]
10.22.2025
A new report has good news and bad news for Massachusetts’ housing goals
by Nik DeCosta-Klipa, wbur News Circumstances permitting: Earlier this year, Gov. Maura Healey's administration set a goal for Massachusetts: 222,000 new homes […]
09.29.2025
Saving the Stock
By Donna Kimura Affordable Housing Finance It’s not enough to build new affordable housing. To meet the nation’s growing needs, the […]
09.19.2025
Boston to Open Series of Affordable Housing Developments Atop City’s Public Libraries
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network Set to begin development in Boston’s historic Chinatown, an affordable housing complex will perch […]
09.09.2025
Massachusetts wants to supercharge housing construction by speeding up state reviews
by Katie Lannan, GBH News Massachusetts is projected to need another 222,000 housing units by 2035 to fix its existing […]
09.02.2025
‘Priced Out’: NHC Warns Affordability Crisis Hitting Middle Class
By Christine Serlin, Affordable Housing Finance With rising home prices and rents, middle-class Americans are now facing a housing affordability crisis […]
09.02.2025
Meeting the Moment: SNAP Cuts and the Local Fallout
By Peter Ciurczak, Boston Indicators With a special thanks to Victoria Negus at Massachusetts Law Reform Institute for her detailed […]
08.15.2025
Project of the Month: SV Design, Harborlight Homes, Beacon Communities, and Keith Construction reimagine the Briscoe School
By NEREJ Beverly, MA The city’s Briscoe School was built in 1923 during a period of economic growth, prosperity, and optimism. It […]
08.11.2025
One in Three Older Households Is Cost Burdened
JCHS The recently released State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 report highlights worrying trends in housing affordability for older households (those led […]
07.30.2025
Carpe Diem | Harborlight Homes CDC Lynn Acquisition Deal Case Study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAs Greater Boston continues to battle the housing affordability crisis, the preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) is […]
07.18.2025
Launching the Massachusetts Zoning Atlas
In partnership with Suffolk University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKmL2Ixzh8Q John Infranca of Suffolk University Law School and Sara Bronin of the National Zoning […]
07.17.2025
Rent Remains Unaffordable for Low-Wage Workers
By Donna Kimura NorthShore Magazine The average minimum-wage worker in the United States must work 116 hours per week—nearly three full-time […]
07.10.2025
Fourteen North Shore Nonprofits Share in More Than $3 Million Through the Latest Cycle of the Cummings Grant Program
NorthShore Magazine Balloons, confetti, and joyful chatter set the scene at TradeCenter 128, in Woburn, where 375 nonprofit professionals, volunteers, […]
07.01.2025
Beacon Communities and Harborlight Homes Celebrate Grand Opening of Beverly Village for Living & the Arts at the Site of Beverly’s Former Briscoe School
The former school building is now a mixed-use intergenerational community Beverly, MA – Beacon Communities and Harborlight Homes, together with […]
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 […]