Mercy Housing Northwest - Idaho 

In 1982, Mercy Housing Inc. (MHI) established its first regional housing development office in Idaho.

The year 2012 will mark the 30^th anniversary for Mercy Housing Northwest - Idaho in providing affordable housing services to the communities of Idaho.  In that course of time, we have developed and currently manage 514 units and serve over 683 adults and 250 children who lack the economic resources to afford decent, safe and quality housing opportunities at below market rates.

Real Estate Activities

Mercy Housing Northwest – Idaho is currently in the pre-development stages for a new senior affordable housing development in Boise. The new structure, beginning construction in the spring of 2011, will have fifty-three (53) units, a large community room with a full kitchen housed in a three story building close to city amenities. An architect’s rendering of the new development is shown at the left.

Mercy Housing Northwest – Idaho is continuing their mission of affordable housing with their Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). We are currently purchasing single family homes that were foreclosed and through some rehabilitation of each home are re-selling the homes to first time homebuyers. To date we have completed the rehabilitation and resale of nine (9) homes and have under contract three (3) additional homes.

Learn more about our affordable housing development and homeownership activities.

Resident Services

The overarching goals of Mercy Housing’s service-enriched housing model are to help families achieve stability and then to increase that stability. These goals directly support our mission to create stable, vibrant and healthy communities. We accomplish these goals through a dedicated and highly-motivated staff, extensive community partnerships, a network of caring volunteers and generous community support. Services currently provided at our larger family properties include:

Basic Needs Support	Enhanced Skill-Building
After school programs	Tax preparation & EITC assistance
Referrals to partner agencies	Financial literacy/budgeting class
Emergency food distribution	Computer labs & instruction
Rental & utility assistance	Job readiness training
Health & wellness instruction	Life skills classes for adults
Homeownership classes

Mercy Housing's Resident Services team has worked to refine its comprehensive Family Program Model, strengthen its out-of-school-time programming for school-age youth and expand adult education and life skills programming.

 

Mercy Housing Northwest - Idaho | 540 North Eagle Road, Suite 117 Eagle, ID 83616 | 208-939-6838 | info@mercyhousing.org