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Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 This June, Denver’s Mayor, the Honorable Michael B. Hancock, joined forces with Mercy Housing CEO, Sister Lillian Murphy, RSM, Mercy Housing Colorado President, Jennifer Erixon, and many other community supporters to celebrate the opening of Mercy Housing Colorado’s Bluff Lake Apartments. The group braved the sweltering Colorado summer heat

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 After completing an extensive renovation and modernization project, Mercy Housing Lakefront’s Harold Washington Apartments in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood is receiving acclaim for the innovative work to preserve the facility. Harold Washington Apartments is a three-story, nearly 100 year-old property that provides 69 units of permanent supportive housing to very

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Mercy Housing Lakefront (MHL) and Mercy Portfolio Services (MPS) continue to Move Forward Together to address the housing crisis and enhance the long-term economic competitiveness of the Chicago and Milwaukee regions. Together with many partners, we will build or preserve 7,500 affordable homes, create 8,000 jobs, and prevent displacement

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Mercy Housing Lakefront (MHL) was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the Polk Bros. Foundation to support affordable rental housing preservation projects in Chicago. This renewed and increased grant will be awarded over the course of two years. Two of the primary projects that have been supported by this

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

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Mercy Housing California (MHC) is pleased to welcome Timothy Murray, Brian G. Swift and Steven Wade to the MHC Board of Directors. “We are privileged to have these outstanding community leaders join the Mercy Housing California Board of Directors,” said Mary Dunbar, MHC Vice President of Resource Development. “Their

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West), the nation’s fifth largest hospital system, has been a valued partner and supporter of Mercy Housing’s mission for 23 years and for 14 years one of nine national Strategic Health Care Partners (SHCP). While our core business is the development and management of

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Mercy Housing California gratefully acknowledges new major grants from these generous foundation and corporate partners, January – September 2012: Bank of America Charitable Foundation, $192,500 for development of affordable housing in Mercy Housing’s Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco markets; California Community Foundation, $100,000 for two years to support

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Mercy Housing California commemorated the start of construction of Esparto Family Apartments at the Northeast corner of Yolo Avenue and Woodland Avenue on Tuesday, June 5th. Speakers at the event included Mercy Housing staff, Yolo County officials, financing partners and representatives from the California Department of Housing and Community

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Advocacy is an integral component of Mercy Housing’s mission. We work to be a catalyst that causes our nation’s leaders to find ways to close the gap between the supply and demand for affordable housing. As part of our advocacy efforts, Mercy Housing leadership has been hosting tours for