Beverly Anchor Point Housing Lottery Opens For Applications

BEVERLY, MA — The housing lottery has opened for the new construction at the Anchor Point on the corner of Sohier and Tozer Roads in Beverly.

Applications are available at the Beverly Public Library and the Harblights Community Partners on Elliott Street.

Go here for a printable application.

Below-market-rate homes will be offered with two and three bedrooms. The application deadline is March 1, 2022 with occupancy opening in Summer 2022.

Harbolight Community Partners said the 77 units will include 15 for homeless families with the remaining units available through the lottery to those who meet income requirements. Resident services and case management services will be on-site.

HCP said the units will add to the tax base of Beverly.

"Acting proactively to encourage the creation of new affordable housing, the city of Beverly voted to designate the site as a 40R district," the HCP said. "This zoning designation allows for multi-family housing to be built, while simultaneously providing for incentive payments from the State to benefit the city."

The project will include two residential buildings and The Lighthouse Center, a community building and education center meant to be the "heart" of the Anchor Point community. THe Lighthouse Center will provide on-site daycare, space for after-school programming, adult education, health programming and more.

A variety of outdoor and indoor recreational spaces are planned, including a playing field, community gardens and a playground. The units will also include on-site parking and the buildings will be solar-ready.

Go here to determine eligibility.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)