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According to National Low Income Housing Coalition research, Georgia has a severe shortage of affordable rental homes for households that are cost-burdened. There is a shortage of more than 200,000 rental apartment homes available for more than 340,000 renter households. This is why Mercy Housing Southeast (MHSE) was thrilled to be awarded a $5M grant

Students across the country saw a decline in math and reading scores due to the devastating impact of COVID. In fact, the pandemic affected nearly every aspect of children’s lives, including their education, social interactions, and their mental and physical health. Students who call Mercy Housing Southeast home had the same experience. However, thanks to

Generating New Funds for Affordable Housing and Homelessness Prevention Housing was very much on the ballot in 2022, with thousands of Californians voting on local measures representing different approaches to tackling the housing crisis. The policies that prevailed last November are now shaping the way cities plan, fund, build, lease, and preserve affordable housing. Mercy

In January, Governor Gavin Newsom released a draft budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which would include modest investments in housing production and homelessness prevention but also makes cuts to existing funding sources. Now, the state legislature is working to revise and pass the budget by June 15, 2023.  From Mercy Housing California (MHC)’s perspective,

S&P Global Ratings, one of the leading providers of credit ratings in the country, has assigned its ‘AA-‘ rating to Mercy Housing. Mercy Housing received this rating with a stable outlook, which is the highest rating to be obtained by nonprofit social housing providers. Substantial due diligence was required to obtain the rating. An issuer

Back in 2014, Ray and Carol Dellecker began contemplating an idea. Wanting to create generational and transformative change for the youth in Bellingham, they knew a quality education was a path to exiting poverty and vastly improving one’s life. They began thinking about the idea of a college savings account. For the next few years,

Last November, Mercy Housing Northwest, in partnership with the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (SNJM) celebrated the groundbreaking of our first affordable housing community in Oregon. The event was held at Clark Commons on the campus of Marylhurst University in Lake Oswego, which is also the site of this new community.

This story is being reprinted with permission from Peace Health.  Back in August, Mercy Housing Northwest and Peace Health celebrated the grand opening of Columbia Heights in Vancouver, WA. Columbia Heights offers 69 affordable homes for families in Vancouver, Washington. The property features a spacious community room with a kitchen, computer lab, and outdoor recreation

Your support of Mercy Housing allows for more affordable homes to be built across the country. And in 2023, new affordable communities are on the way, thanks in part to our supporters that keep Mercy Housing a strong organization! 1280 apartments were completed in 2022, and we also broke ground on our first building project

Last summer, a Northern Illinois Food Bank truck pulled up to Mercy Housing Lakefront’s Batavia Apartments in Batavia, IL., loaded with donated food. For Batavia Apartments Resident Services Coordinator Lynn, it was a welcome sight. Margaret Perrault, the CEO of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce had helped to coordinate the donation drop off and reached