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Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, a Mercy Housing partner, is recruiting for a one-year, paid internship program designed to recruit and train students at Bay Area colleges and universities to become housing development professionals. This internship aims to provide a launching pad for college students from low-income, communities of color backgrounds into a career in

  It’s Valentine’s Day, a day dedicated to love and respect — core Mercy Housing values. Improving lives with affordable housing supports individuals’ ability to meet their full potential. Introducing new affordable housing properties into the community can be taboo. Not in My Backyard (NIMBYism– negative attitudes and feelings toward changes in the community in

CHICAGO, IL (January 15, 2018) – Mercy Housing Lakefront announced today that Mark Angelini, the organization’s President, has been appointed to the Community Investment Advisory Council (CIAC) of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBC) for a three-year term ending December 31, 2020. The CIAC consists of representatives from community and nonprofit organizations actively

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteered with Mercy Housing Lakefront in 2017.  By sharing your time, talent, and resources with us, you truly enriched the lives of our residents. Listed below are the names of individuals, groups, faith communities, and companies who volunteered in 2017, along with community

During the season of giving, Your Castle Real Estate is proud to announce their new “Home for the Holidays” fund to benefit Denverites with barriers to housing. Your Castle founder Lon Welsh and president Charles Roberts are kicking off the fund with a $15,000 donation to Mercy Housing, a local nonprofit that  provides  affordable housing

Over the past few months, Howard Natinsky and Cynthia Oldham, co-owners of Fat Cat, have raised $2,000 for Mercy Housing Lakefront! Fat Cat, a restaurant and bar in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, raised the money by setting aside a portion of sales from a signature drink. The money will be used to support an art therapy

Today, Mercy Housing California is honored to celebrate with our partners and legislative leaders a hard-fought victory for the future of affordable housing and healthy communities. Signing into law a package of 15 bills, Governor Jerry Brown gave the final approval to tackle the state’s affordability crisis through a two-pronged approach: streamlining the lengthy and

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Peterson National Director of Marketing and Communications 303-830-3443 kpeterson@mercyhousing.org Dallas, Texas—Mercy Loan Fund (MLF), a leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) today announced that it has provided a $7.0 million loan to Chesapeake Community Advisors (CCA) and Trinity Village Non Profit Housing Corp. (Trinity) for the acquisition of Forest Dale

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2017 Contact: Kate Peterson kpeterson@mercyhousing.org Denver, CO–Mercy Loan Fund (MLF), a subsidiary of Mercy Housing and a leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), announced today that it has received a CDFI/CORE Financial Assistance (FA) program award of $776,500 from the United States Treasury’s CDFI Fund. Mercy Loan Fund will use

Today, San Francisco-based nonprofit EARN, the nation’s leading microsavings provider, announced the launch of a transformative partnership designed to increase financial stability and emergency savings of families living across the United States. EARN is partnering with seven major U.S. housing organizations to promote saving in nine states across the country. With a combined reach of