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		<title>Positive Plans for Sunnydale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercy Housing California is working hard to improve life in Sunnydale – a low income housing project that the San Francisco Chronicle described in 2008 as “…quite possibly the most dangerous, depressed and decrepit area of the city.”  A Nov. 5 Chronicle article adds details about the suffering in the neighborhood: “Sunnydale residents share stories [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=554&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy Housing recognizes National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each November the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. The good news is that during this week – Nov. 12-18 in 2011 – groups across the country organize events to improve what has become a major crisis in our country. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=550&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Action alert &#8211; help preserve HOME</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t believe the folks who tell you that Congress doesn’t get anything done. Just a few days after the Senate’s first housing appropriations budget for 2012 was released, we’re hearing from staffers that both sides are ready to consign housing programs for the lowest income people to another year of historic cuts and budget gaps. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=548&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creating the kind of housing America needs</title>
		<link>http://mercyhousingblog.org/2011/10/06/creating-the-kind-of-housing-america-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A note from Mercy Housing&#8217;s Washington DC Policy Associate &#8211; Eva Wingren Imagine, for a moment, a world without the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. 9/10ths of the affordable housing industry’s current production capacity either sacrificed on the altar of deficit reduction, or converted to a clumsy federal program run by folks who don’t understand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=545&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Family finds support during difficult times</title>
		<link>http://mercyhousingblog.org/2011/05/16/family-finds-support-during-difficult-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 19:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before moving to Villas de Merced, Luis and Patricia Vazquez were struggling to find a safe, comfortable home that their family could afford. In 2000, the family moved into Villas De Merced, a Mercy Housing family property located in Mesa, Ariz., that is home to nearly 300 residents. Their 11-year-old son, Luis Jr. struggles with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=493&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy Housing &amp; Nestle Family Are Helping Moms This Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://mercyhousingblog.org/2011/05/02/mercy-housing-nestle-family-are-helping-moms-this-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mercy Housing and Nestlé Family have partnered together to help mothers in need and their families. In honor of Mother&#8217;s Day, Nestlé Family has created a photo sharing tool on their Facebook page, and each time a person uploads a picture of the special mom in their life, Nestlé Family will donate $1* (up to $50,000*) to Mercy Housing. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=484&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mercy Housing CEO, Sister Lillian Murphy, named NHC Housing Person of the Year</title>
		<link>http://mercyhousingblog.org/2011/04/21/nhc-sister-lillian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the United Voice for Housing, the nonprofit National Housing Conference (NHC) has been dedicated to helping ensure safe, decent and affordable housing for all in America since 1931. This year, on the anniversary of the NHC’s 80th year, the 2011 Housing Person of the Year Gala will commemorate the commitment and vision of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mercyhousingblog.org&amp;blog=5343617&amp;post=478&amp;subd=mercyhousing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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