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An extraordinary national initiative called Home Matters™ has had a remarkable impact in just a few short months and is building momentum throughout the housing community and well beyond. Mercy Housing has recently joined this remarkable effort. Home Matters was launched in March in Washington, DC, when nearly 200 leaders of housing and community development

President Obama delivered a major speech on housing this week in Phoenix, AZ, one of the areas hardest hit by the single family foreclosure crisis. The speech called for not just a better system for homeowners, but for continued investment in affordable rental housing and resources to end homelessness. This matters for Mercy Housing and

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

Infographics Source: Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). Follow BPC’s Housing Commission at www.bipartisanpolicy.org/housing.

Source: Affordable Housing Finance As Congress pursues tax reform and deficit reduction, the most successful federal program for the production and preservation of affordable housing is in the crosshairs. While the affordable housing industry has lobbied for the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) for years, industry stakeholders are redoubling their efforts to educate members of

By Eva Wingren, Mercy Housing’s Policy Associate To address the big political issues facing our country and their effect on the affordable housing gap, Mercy Housing decided to hold its first Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, with members of the Board of Trustees and senior leadership team. Julie and I, being the boots on the

Over 600 people attended Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day on Feb. 11, 2013 in Olympia, WA. This empowering event was an opportunity to rally together, and voice your opinion to senators and representatives, with one common message: everyone deserves the opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, affordable home. Advocating for housing continues to be an

by Eva Wingren, Mercy Housing Policy Associate From the proposed short-funding of Project Based Section 8 to the fiscal cliff, it’s been a scary year for affordable housing. There were some 11th hour victories, such as the extension of the New Markets Tax Credit and the 9% fixed rate for the Housing Credit. However, I

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 In April, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Shaun Donovan visited Chicago and toured the historic Pullman Wheelworks, a newly purchased 210-unit affordable housing building on Chicago’s South Side. Mercy Housing Lakefront and National Housing Trust/Enterprise Preservation Corporation hosted the tour to highlight the latest preservation strategies