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Thursday, August 21, 2014, by Bianca Barragan Article with photos, here. Reblogged from la.curbed.com. Yes, you’re seeing that right: that is a Fatburger worked into this Streamline Moderne-inspired development from affordable housing provider Mercy Housing California. But it’s not just any Fatburger—it’s the very first one, still sitting on the same spot in Jefferson Park

Monday’s Event will showcase El Monte Veterans Village, a development that houses 40 previously homeless veterans

The City of Wheatland and Mercy Housing California are announcing the beginning of the re-construction of Sunset Valley Duplexes in the City of Wheatland.  To celebrate the beginning of this one-of-a kind multi-phase project, Mercy Housing and City officials will commemorate the start of construction with an official “ground breaking”.  The photo opportunity will take

El Monte Veterans Village opens – first housing development for homeless Veterans in the San Gabriel Valley

The government shutdown has dominated the airwaves since work in Washington DC came to a screeching halt 11 days ago. But what does a “government shutdown” mean for organizations like Mercy Housing and, more frighteningly, for the people we serve each day?

The newest addition to the available and affordable living options in Esparto is now buzzing with activity—children run to the playground at Mercy Housing’s Esperanza Crossing and residents have started to settle into the 40 one- to three-bedroom apartments. “Esperanza Crossing offers exactly what this community needs while strengthening the lives of its residents.” said

In September 2012, Mercy Housing California received two grants from The Women’s and Girls’ Fund of the Kern Community Foundation and the Dignity Health Community Grants Program in Bakersfield to fund the Thriving in Life Wellness and Youth Leadership Program pilot. The program was designed to inspire 20 southeast Bakersfield young women, including some from Madison Place, a Mercy Housing California property,

Mercy Housing Resident Services offers young residents an exciting opportunity to learn something new and engage with the community through music, so they formed the Gleason Park Electric Violin Ensemble.

Our Mercy Housing Management Group is known for its leadership and herculean feats. Now, it can add making the impossible, possible to its list of accomplishments. In a year-long campaign, appropriately named “MISSION POSSIBLE”, 30 participating Mercy Housing communities in California offered residents a list of activities and steps that improve housing stability and resident

Resident Services Coordinator, Gloria Morales, has a lot in common with the young women at her Madison Place community in Bakersfield, California. As a native of the area, she attended the same middle and high schools as many of her residents. Driven by her intense dedication and affection for her hometown and Madison Place, Gloria