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With ten months into the year, Mercy Loan Fund has already hit a record high for annual loan closings since it began 29 years ago.  To date, Mercy Loan Fund has closed 13 loans, over $23 million lent to organizations in 8 states that turned to us for dollars otherwise unavailable. These funds have helped provide

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During Opportunity Finance Network’s 30th Annual Conference held in Denver in October,  Mercy Loan Fund and Mile High Community Loan Fund hosted a reception sponsored by US Bank.  The highlight of the reception was the presentation of the Spirit of Community Award to Sister Lillian Murphy and Sister Corinne Florek.  These Sisters have a long

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Mercy Housing announces the release of an open solicitation for proposals for an energy feasibility study to evaluate implementing innovative multi-building and neighborhood scale energy-related projects.  Proposals are due no later than December 5, 2014 at 5 PM PDT.  The complete request for proposal and federal flow down provisions are linked below. Energy Feasibility Study

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Give Someone a Second Chance Please help Milwaukee women and children get a second chance in life at Mercy Housing’s St. Catherine Residence.  Donate now and the R.A. Stevens Family Foundation will provide a $1 match for every $2 in new or increased gifts. For over 120 years, supporters like you have helped women like

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Religious women honored for community development leadership (DENVER, CO) — Two Denver-based Community Development Financial Institutions, Mercy Loan Fund and Mile High Community Loan Fund, celebrated anniversaries with a reception sponsored by US Bank at last month’s Opportunity Finance Network conference that brought over 1,000 members of the community development financing industry to Denver. The

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Dear Chairwoman Mikulski, Vice Chair Shelby, Chairwoman Murray, Ranking Member Collins, Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Lowey, Chairman Latham, and Ranking Member Pastor, Mercy Housing is writing to encourage Congress to pass a full Fiscal Year (FY) FY 2015 THUD Appropriations bill.  Mercy Housing is concerned about the repeated cuts housing and community development programs have

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RANCHO CORDOVA, CA – Mercy Housing California is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for its newest permanent supportive, affordable housing community in the Sacramento Region – Mather Veterans Village – on Thursday, October 30, 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon, 3611 Bleckely Street, Rancho Cordova, California 95655 with a speakers program, turning of the dirt and

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San Francisco, California (10/24/14) – Last evening October 23, 2014, Mercy Housing President and CEO, Jane Graf, was honored at the Enterprise Soiree by the Bay in San Francisco, California. This event at San Francisco’s Ferry Building brought together more than 250 guests dedicated to bringing safe, affordable housing to more than 5,000 individuals and

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Denver (October 15, 2014) — St. Charles Town Company, LLC, is excited to announce the groundbreaking of Zephyr Line Apartments, a 95-unit multifamily complex which will provide critically needed workforce housing in Lakewood, Colorado. Financing for the project closed in August and construction is underway. After acquiring land at 14th Avenue and Zephyr Street in

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) The transformation of the former Strathmore Estates area on Pennsylvania Avenue is one step closer towards completion.Ground has been broken and construction is ready to begin for the fifth and final phase of the Savannah Gardens community.76 more rental homes will be available in that final phase. That will bring the number

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