As Salem’s housing crisis persists, another affordable development signals hope

Evelyn McCoy-Harris knows what it’s like to be homeless as a single mom, unsure where she’s going to sleep on any given night.

“I understand what it means to not have anybody to come alongside and say, ‘How can I help you?,’” said McCoy-Harris, chief operating officer of Seed of Faith Ministries.

She made her remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Gussie Belle Commons, an affordable housing development in Salem’s Northeast neighborhood that could…