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Mercy Housing, a national nonprofit affordable housing developer and service provider, has embarked on a mission to create affordable senior housing despite the lack of capital funding for such projects. To accomplish their mission, they have turned to a novel private capital finance structure. By using this uncommon funding approach, as part of their Senior Health and Housing Initiative, they hope to acquire existing buildings and convert them into affordable, service-enriched housing in a fraction of the time it typically takes to complete such projects.

The Wheaton Franciscan Sisters are pleased to announce a new direction for Franciscan Ministries, Inc. under ownership and sponsorship of Mercy Housing, Inc. The proposed transfer is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2016 subject to the successful completion of due diligence, and will include Franciscan Ministries’ current 2,620 units of housing in addition to the pending acquisition of another 1,200 units in eight states.

Problems in housing can lead to problems in health, and vice versa. At Mercy Housing, we recognize that in order to break the cycle of poverty, people must not only have a home, they must also have the tools they need to manage their health.

Before she moved into a Mercy Housing community, Ginger jumped from place to place with her baby daughter, juggling the many responsibilities of work, school, and single parenting. “Not knowing where I was going to live, not knowing if I could afford it, not knowing if I would have to drop out of school to

We support Mercy Housing Northwest because of its holistic approach to helping families and communities flourish.

Development of Phase II of Mercy Housing Northwest’s Tacoma Senior Apartments is in full swing! Phase II is being built next to Phase I, creating 40 new apartment homes.

Before finding Mercy Housing, Savannah residents Craig and Ernestine struggled to care for their adult son with autism on a limited household budget. Like any family, they wanted a safe place to live, but labored to find a home they could afford with Savannah’s high housing and rental prices.

For Carla, a Mercy Housing resident, exercise and healthy eating aren’t short-term objectives; they’re a way of life. She is a stroke, heart attack, and two-time cancer survivor who understands how exercise and healthy eating can improve a person’s quality of life.

Joshua Bamberger, MD, Mercy Housing’s Chief Medical Consultant, recently authored a study examining how placing homeless seniors in permanent, supportive housing changed these seniors’ quality of life and healthcare costs. The study, recently published in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, looks at how the healthcare

“Kudos to Mercy Housing Lakefront and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, the joint developers, for first taking their plan to neighbors.”