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“We can do better…” – Patricia O’Roark We celebrate the perseverance and vision of Mercy Housing’s Foundress, Patricia O’Roark, for her lasting commitment to creating vibrant communities built to help individuals, families, seniors, veterans, and people with special needs reach their full potential. Our story begins in 1981 when Patricia O’Roark (then Sister Timothy Marie

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Mercy Housing Southeast is proud to be part of an important partnership to redevelop a 1950s-era apartment complex in the historic Old Fourth Ward, one of Atlanta’s fastest gentrifying neighborhoods where increasing property values risk forcing long-time residents out of their homes. Built in 1951, the existing 58 uninsulated cinderblock apartments will be replaced with

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Ensuring that residents have access to healthy food is always a goal for Mercy Housing’s resident services. At Savannah Gardens, we have introduced several ways for residents to have affordable options for overcoming food insecurity, including a food pantry and healthy meals for children attending summer camp.   Most recently, with support from the nonprofit,

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Mercy Housing Southeast Receives $2 Million Gift from the Yield Giving Open Call Atlanta, GA– Today, MacKenzie Scott through Yield Giving announced Mercy Housing Southeast as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees for working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Mercy Housing Southeast received $2 million

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While building new, affordable homes is a necessity, preserving and taking care of existing communities is just as important! By upgrading existing communities, Mercy Housing can supply more affordable housing opportunities for the long-term. Timbercreek Apartments The major renovation at Timbercreek Apartments is off to a great start. Once complete, each home will feature new

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3/14/2024

Still Growing

Collaboration is the foundation on which Mercy Housing Mountain Plains communities are built. Just in time for the 2023 holidays, we welcomed families at two brand-new properties in Colorado: Northfield Commons and The Rose on Colfax. We also broke ground on Glendale Senior, which will soon be home to 148 seniors. Our development pipeline has

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“We should all be shining lamps, giving light to those around us.” – Catherine McAuley, Foundress of The Sisters of Mercy The Sisters of Mercy founded Mercy Housing in 1981. With the vision of providing affordable housing with Resident Services to people with low incomes, these visionary Sisters laid the foundation for Mercy Housing to

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On March 5, San Francisco voters sent a strong message: we all support homes we can afford! More than two-thirds of voters ushered in Proposition A, a bond measure that could add around 1,500 new affordable homes to the city’s housing stock. Proposition A will create a $300 million funding source to build and preserve

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One of California’s most successful strategies in the fight against homelessness has been converting old, under-used hotels to affordable housing. In January, Mercy Housing California (MHC) was proud to re-open Sacramento’s century-old Capitol Park Hotel as The St. Clare at Capitol Park, welcoming new residents to 134 permanent supportive apartment homes. The architectural majesty of

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Growing up at Mercy Housing In 1993, Maryssa Cazares Tamayo and her family moved to 111 Jones Street in San Francisco. “It was almost by fluke,” she recently shared. “My mom was walking down the street, and somebody just handed her an application.” Her mom’s English was limited as she and her husband had recently

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