Work is underway at both our Asbury Common and Windward Crossing sites in Hamilton and Rowley! We are thrilled to share these flyovers so you can envision what the future holds.

Thank you to Jay Salois, the founder of VRtical Media, for these incredible videos!

Asbury Common will provide 45 one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes for families right outside of downtown Hamilton. We are excited to share that this project will also provide the highest level of sustainability with rooftop solar panels and passive house certification.

Windward Crossing campus in Rowley is being built in partnership with the Cusack Family and will consist of:

• 20 homes for seniors
• 5 Group Home Units (managed by our partners at Northeast ARC)
• 4 Private Ownership Condos (owned/funded by supporting families)
• On-site Community Center that will include
• classrooms
• fitness room
• community kitchen
• and activity spaces

Thank you, SPUR, for delivering WEEKLY prepared foods to our formerly homeless residents at our Boston Street Crossing in Salem. Through meaningful partnerships with local food stores, the SPUR Food Rescue Initiative rescues thousands of pounds of wholesome prepared food each year that would otherwise go to waste. Instead of ending up in landfills, these nutritious meals reach neighbors in need of a nutritious meal through organizations serving Lynn, Marblehead, Salem, and Swampscott.

Pictured: Harborlight Resident Service Coordinator Craig Peura and Community Relations and Communications Director Kim Nothnagel at food drop-off at HH’s Boston Street Crossing

"We are thrilled to be able to partner with SPUR through their food rescue program," said Rosa Ordaz, Harborlight's Director of Community Engagement & Services. "SPUR is an incredible organization that supports the well-being of residents throughout the North Shore in various ways, and the prepared meals rescued through this program for Harborlight residents will go a long way in maintaining food security."

We are especially grateful for this partnership when SNAP and other public benefits some of our residents rely on continue to be under threat.

By Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon

When it comes to the most visible sign of unaffordability in Massachusetts, it all comes down to four walls and a roof.

Half of Massachusetts residents say housing is unaffordable for their household, making it the single biggest financial pressure point in a new poll from the MassINC Polling Group — edging out healthcare, taxes, higher education, and vacation. Click here to read the full article.

By Affordable Housing Finance

Referrals for housing assistance reached an all-time high of 6 million last year, marking a 150% increase over the last 10 years, according to data from 211 contact centers across the United States and Puerto Rico.



Housing represented the largest share of requests for help, representing nearly 1 in 3 of all referrals nationwide, reported United Way Worldwide in its annual 211 Impact Survey. Click here to read the full article.

By Katie Johnston, Boston Globe

Isabel Moreta knows the damage living in public housing can do.

She raised her family on a 17-acre island of three-story brick buildings in South Boston largely cut off from the rest of the community. Drugs and crime were a big problem at the Old Colony complex, and neighbors gave it a wide berth, rarely cutting through or even making eye contact with residents.

But starting in 2010, the development was torn down and rebuilt as part of the Hope VI program, a $17 billion revitalization of 262 distressed federal housing projects around the country — the largest-ever effort to refurbish public housing. The result was modern mixed-income sites designed to blend seamlessly into the surrounding communities. Click here to read the full article.