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Mercy Portfolio Services Helps to Spur Job Creation

Mercy Portfolio Services Helps to Spur Job Creation

Scott Henry always knew he wanted to be a developer and first became interested in the affordable housing industry while getting his architect degree from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. But before starting his dream career, Scott had some setbacks along the way and he attributes Mercy Portfolio Services as helping him get back … Continue reading »

Mercy Housing Lakefront Helps Create Nonprofit Owned REIT And Saves 128 Units of Housing in Aurora, Illinois

Mercy Housing Lakefront Helps Create Nonprofit Owned REIT And Saves 128 Units of Housing in Aurora, Illinois

Mercy Housing Lakefront has recently acquired 128 units of affordable housing through the purchase of the 2000 Illinois Apartments complex in Aurora, Ill. The transaction was made possible through Mercy Housing’s participation in The Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET), a newly-created nonprofit real estate investment trust, or REIT. HPET funds enabled Mercy Housing Lakefront to … Continue reading »

Saving Affordable Housing

Saving Affordable Housing

Source: Wall Street Journal An apartment complex in suburban Chicago was saved from the clutches of gentrification by a private real-estate investment trust formed to buy and protect affordable housing. The property, serving a working-class section of Aurora, Ill., was acquired for $5.2 million by a Chicago unit of Denver-based Mercy Housing Inc. in a … Continue reading »