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On Thursday, July 30, the National Real Estate Practice of EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants presented its charity of choice, Mercy Housing, with a check for $26,000.

(DENVER) – ​​​Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s (CHFA) David W. Herlinger Golf Tournament raised $75,000 for Mercy Housing Colorado on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Funds will support Mercy Housing Colorado in their efforts to provide affordable, program-enriched housing to more than 2,000 low to moderate income Coloradans including families, seniors, veterans, and people with special needs. Approximately

Marco Sanchez has loved soccer since he can remember and almost always has a soccer ball handy to practice some moves. Now he wants to share those skills with his community. Sanchez will head up a free soccer clinic for children age five to 10 years at White Rock Village starting tomorrow, July 23. The

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alva Winfrey Kennedy Director of Resource Development 312-447-4545 awinfrey@mercyhousing.org Chicago, Ill.—Mercy Housing Lakefront is delighted to announce that they have received a $100,000 grant from Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Mercy Housing Lakefront, one of the first to develop permanent supportive housing projects of significant size in the Chicago area, will

On July 7th, the Obama Administration announced a new initiative to increase access to solar energy for all Americans, in particular low- and moderate-income communities. The announcement comes as the solar energy industry experiences remarkable growth; last year the United States brought online as much solar energy every three weeks as it did in all

The only federal block grant used exclusively to build affordable housing for people with low incomes might be virtually eliminated if the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) and Related Agencies funding bill passes. The bill financially guts the 25 year-old HOME Investment Partnerships Program by cutting its funding to just

Lincoln, Nebraska (5/22/2015)— Mercy Housing Midwest is proud to participate in this year’s Give To Lincoln Day, a 24 hour day of giving on Thursday, May 28, 2015. It is a day for everyone in Lincoln to come together and show support for local nonprofit organizations that contribute so much to the great city of

At a recent Illinois House Appropriations Committee meeting, state Rep. Greg Harris said, “We cannot balance the budget on the backs of the most vulnerable.” Although I suspect Harris was speaking about issues of fairness and morality, his statement also points to an economic truth. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget not only is harmful to our

We want to thank everyone who attended Mercy Housing’s “Charmed By Charity” event last night at Alex and Ani in Denver, Colorado. Many from the community turned up to shop for the cause, including Ginger, a single mother and former Mercy Housing resident, who is now a pediatric nurse! Alex and Ani Cherry Creek were

“I’ve been caring for homeless people for 20, 25 years. And unfortunately, I have failed,” said Dr. Joshua Bamberger, Chief Medical Consultant of Mercy Housing, on April 9th, 2015 in Sacramento, Calif. A reference to failure is not what one would expect to hear from this year’s recipient of the prestigious Beverlee A. Myers Award