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Throughout the last several weeks, Mercy Housing Lakefront children celebrated the start of the new school year. Back-to-School events were held at the Austin After-School Program, Wentworth Commons, Pullman Wheelworks Apartments, 850 Eastwood Apartments and Roseland Village. U.S. Bank helped kick off the back-to-school celebrations at Mercy’s Pullman Wheelworks property. The bank donated 180 backpacks

MetLife Foundation and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Enterprise) today named Mercy Housing Lakefront and Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago as recipients of the 2013 MetLife Foundation Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing, lauding the nonprofits’ Roseland Place Senior Apartments. This year’s MetLife Foundation Award focused on connecting senior housing to health care programs, supportive services

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared his dream to the American people. The words he shared from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963 would become a living rallying cry for generations of people who continue the fight for equality for all disenfranchised people in this country and beyond.

Mercy Housing Lakefront, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! build new playground in just one day for Chicago children

At Mercy Housing, we believe that making the community a better place is just as important as building a home. We support our residents with the resources they need to be good neighbors and members of a greater community. Mercy Housing begins with housing, but goes far beyond to strengthen the lives of the people

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

7th and H Dedication On April 29, 2013, Mercy Housing California and WellSpace Health celebrated the Grand Opening of the 7th & H Apartments. 7th & H is an eight-story, mixed-use, affordable housing community comprised of 150 studios and one-bedroom apartments with abundant upper floor common areas, including lush outdoor terraces, comprehensive resident services, a

Our Mercy Housing Management Group is known for its leadership and herculean feats. Now, it can add making the impossible, possible to its list of accomplishments. In a year-long campaign, appropriately named “MISSION POSSIBLE”, 30 participating Mercy Housing communities in California offered residents a list of activities and steps that improve housing stability and resident

Resident Services Coordinator, Gloria Morales, has a lot in common with the young women at her Madison Place community in Bakersfield, California. As a native of the area, she attended the same middle and high schools as many of her residents. Driven by her intense dedication and affection for her hometown and Madison Place, Gloria

Affordable housing is not only good for the community, but it’s also good for the environment. For instance, multifamily affordable housing often creates homes near jobs and major transit centers, reducing green house gas emissions and maintaining the environmental benefits associated with mass transit. As a proud partner to California’s cities and neighborhoods, Mercy Housing