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Please join Mercy Housing Lakefront and Mercy Portfolio Services for a Historic Pullman & Roseland Mission Bus Tour showcasing comprehensive community development.

“The greatest compliment that was ever paid to me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”  — Henry David Thoreau National research and practice increasingly demonstrate the critical connection between stable housing and improved health. However, housing and health care too often operate as distinct fields, rarely recognizing their

3,800 miles – that is the distance the Mercy Riders have pledged to bike in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Mercy Housing. The group is slated to begin their nearly 7-week ride across America this Friday, June 14th in San Francisco. The Mercy Riders include eight individuals – six riders and two

This summer, Mercy Housing Lakefront’s residents and staff will challenge each other to get healthy through the 2nd Annual Feel Better Challenge. The 8-week health and wellness challenge will kick off on June 17th.  Participants will assess their health, set goals, and work to accomplish their goals through a variety of nutrition and physical health

Source: Sacramento Business Journal Rancho Cordova city officials think a new assisted housing project for disabled homeless veterans near Mather Airport could be months away from breaking ground, after the city council approved a pair of needed entitlements for the Mather Veterans Village this week. Reed Flory, housing services administrator for the city of Rancho

Scott Henry always knew he wanted to be a developer and first became interested in the affordable housing industry while getting his architect degree from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. But before starting his dream career, Scott had some setbacks along the way and he attributes Mercy Portfolio Services as helping him get back

With the help of many partners, 4,000 jobs have been sustained through the Moving Forward Together campaign. Over the past three years, you have helped build 2,163 homes, sustain 4,186 jobs and enable 4,666 people to live in hope in the Chicago and Milwaukee regions. However, the work continues. To address the regional housing crisis,

It’s time we ended homelessness in America and ensured the lowest income people have access to the decent, affordable housing all of us need. Mercy Housing is a proud partner of the United for Homes campaign to fund the National Housing Trust Fund with revenue from modifications to the mortgage interest deduction. United for Homes is

On April 29, 2013, Mercy Housing California will take an important step with local and federal officials and celebrate the opening of a new affordable community for low-income and formerly homeless residents in downtown Sacramento. 7th & H’s new 150 studio and one-bedroom apartments is a key component of the city and county’s effort to

Johnnie Dickerson credits Mercy Housing for saving his life. Literally. Johnnie is a retired 67-yearold who resides at Mercy Housing’s The Atrium at Collegetown in Atlanta. Every Monday, Dr. Ayanna Buckner from Morehouse School of Medicine stops by Johnnie’s home for a check-up. On one particular cold, December Monday, Dr. Buckner noted something of concern