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Although the markets are beginning to recover, the economic crash devastated families and neighborhoods throughout the region.  For those who were most affected, recovery remains difficult.  Thanks to many philanthropic and project partners, however, there is hope.  In the first three years of the Moving Forward Together campaign, Mercy Housing has built or preserved 1,583

The City of Auburn, Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Housing California Break Ground on LEED Certified Senior Housing Mercy Housing California broke ground on Mercy Auburn Senior Community on approximately three acres of the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Auburn campus. Mercy Auburn will feature 60 one-bedroom apartments for low-income seniors in Auburn. The campus

In November, residents of Wilmington’s New Dana Strand celebrated the successful transformation of the community with key partners, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Mercy Housing California (MHC). MHC received an award of $20,000 from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership for the revitalization of New Dana Strand. The

Thanks to many philanthropic and project partners, Mercy Housing Lakefront and Mercy Portfolio Services built or preserved 1,583 affordable homes, sustained 3,564 jobs, and helped 3,891 people to live in hope over the past three years. With your continuing help, we will ultimately fulfill the ten-year goals of the Moving Forward Together campaign to build

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Mercy Housing California with the Institute on Aging and the San Francisco Department of Public Health were selected to partner in a national initiative to create strategies that improve quality of life for senior residents while producing cost savings to the health and long-term care systems. Developed by LeadingAge and Enterprise Community

CHICAGO — With almost $1 million in philanthropic support over the past twelve months, 180° Properties expands property preservation services throughout the Lake Michigan region, including Gary, Chicago, and Milwaukee. With this expansion, 180° Properties has now created 49 jobs and has completed 24,982 work orders to protect and maintain 5,970 homes throughout the region. The

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Thanks to a $1,159,055 loan from Mercy Loan Fund (MLF) to ROC USA® Capital (ROC USA), 384 low-income residents at Champion Mobile Home Park in Elbridge, New York will continue to have quality, affordable housing. Champion consists of 170 mobile homes owned by seniors and working families, the majority

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 My fellow visionaries, Today, one in six Americans is affected by poverty. Sadly, it has become an epidemic, spreading beyond cities and suburbs and into rural communities that once boasted thriving farms and manufacturing businesses. It is also extending from one generation to the next. Yet, today, we know

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 In order to prepare students for the 2012-2013 school year, U.S. Bank partnered with Mercy Housing to provide backpacks and schools supplies to approximately 500 children at four Mercy Housing properties: Grace Apartments in Denver, Appian Way in Kent WA, Pullman Wheelworks in Chicago and New Hope in Nampa,

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Children deserve a chance to succeed in school and in life. At Mercy Housing, we know this begins with their families being able to afford a decent place to call home. The Center for Housing Policy recently updated its 2007 report, “The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education,”