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 be traced back decades. The racism is easy to spot because no one was...
View ArticleProject of the Month: Groom Construction, Harborlight Homes, and SV Design...
By NEREJ Rockport, MA Groom Construction, Co., Inc., a premiere general contracting firm, Harborlight Homes, an innovative and award-winning nonprofit affordable housing provider and developer, and SV...
View ArticleAffordable Housing on Route 1 in Rowley will have to pay $400,000 for road...
By John P. Muldoon at The Local News ROWLEY — Is it any wonder that building affordable housing is so difficult to build when the state slaps an extra charge of $400,000 on your project? But what the...
View ArticleHall Company seeks long-term affordability of Lynn apartments, collaborates...
Submitted to The Item The Hall Company of Lynn and Harborlight Homes of Beverly have reached an agreement on the sale of 102 apartments of The Hall Company’s holdings in Lynn. The agreement between...
View ArticleBriscoe School in Beverly, MA – Former Students May Soon Live in...
By Mark Fogarty PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL HOUSING & REHABILITATION ASSOCIATION The Hall Company of Lynn and Harborlight Homes of Beverly have reached an agreement on the sale of...
View ArticleRegistry 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 properties in Essex County contain racial covenants that once prohibited...
View ArticlePulling 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 deeds on the North Shore. North Shore NAACP branch president...
View ArticleUnearthing 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 people take the time to dig through a century of property...
View ArticleDevelopers 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 oldest seaport, the Gloucester Affordable Housing Trust has...
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In deeds, people of color were barred from buying homes. Now, they could...
By Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff, The Boston Globe The modest Cape-style homes on a side street in Beverly are the kind of starter homes with manicured lawns that could accommodate young families...
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