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A Matter of Balance
Providing a home is just the beginning while serving seniors and residents with chronic disease. A Matter of Balance is a program focused on preventing and educating at-risk populations about falling — a major risk associated with aging and illness. The program was first implemented with Mercy Housing Southwest residents in Arizona in 2014, and
Read MoreThank You for Volunteering...
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteered with Mercy Housing Lakefront in 2017. By sharing your time, talent, and resources with us, you truly enriched the lives of our residents. Listed below are the names of individuals, groups, faith communities, and companies who volunteered in 2017, along with community
Read MoreCalifornia Governor signs historic...
Today, Mercy Housing California is honored to celebrate with our partners and legislative leaders a hard-fought victory for the future of affordable housing and healthy communities. Signing into law a package of 15 bills, Governor Jerry Brown gave the final approval to tackle the state’s affordability crisis through a two-pronged approach: streamlining the lengthy and
Read MoreA Letter from Jane Graf to Mercy...
Dear Colleagues, The events in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday are a national tragedy. They have left many feeling despair and hopelessness. I have been reluctant to speak out for one reason: I struggle to know what to say. Like many of you, I was horrified by this display of hate, racism, and anti-Semitism and have
Read MoreHealthcare sector must invest...
As Congress grapples with the future of healthcare, politicians, advocates, and others would do well to take a page from a recent report published by Mercy Housing and the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), titled “Innovative Models In Health and Housing.” The report, prepared for the Kresge Foundation and the California Endowment, profiles nine case
Read MoreSixteen Inch Society’s Annual...
Last month, the Sixteen Inch Society, a philanthropic organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted a game of sixteen-inch softball and raised $16,000 for Mercy Housing Lakefront! More than 60 people came together to make new friends, play some ball, and learn about the work of the affordable housing nonprofit. One hundred percent of the generous donation
Read MoreMercy Housing Announces Partnership...
Today, Mercy Housing announced a new partnership with Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), an organization dedicated to solving the childhood obesity crisis. In partnering with PHA, Mercy Housing, the largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing in the country, committed to employ active design strategies at 80 percent of its affordable housing communities. Active design
Read MoreWhy We Need the CDFI Fund
Last week, we saw the current administration’s first budget proposal, which calls for a $54 billion increase in military spending, funded by cuts to nonmilitary programs. The New York Times reported that, as part of these cuts, the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund (“the Fund”) will be “all but eliminated.” While it
Read MoreMEASURE H : HOPE FOR LA’S HOMELESS...
On March 7, Los Angeles voters passed Measure H—a companion measure to last Fall’s Proposition HHH. Part of the $355 million generated annually by Measure H’s quarter-cent tax hike will pay for services at the 10,000 permanent-supportive units slated to be built for LA’s chronically homeless population under Proposition HHH. Developers of those homes would
Read MoreTHE OPENHOUSE COMMUNITY AT 55...
On March 23, Mercy Housing California and Openhouse celebrated the Grand Opening of The Openhouse Community at 55 Laguna—San Francisco’s first affordable housing community welcoming to LGBT seniors. The 40 apartments augmented by onsite services provided by Openhouse rehabilitates a historic city landmark into a thriving and inclusive home welcoming to LGBT seniors and formerly
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