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Mercy Housing Volunteer Spotlight

Last year, Sonia and Saeid, two Mercy Housing residents in Northern California, received some news that caught them both by surprise. After years of volunteering, both at a neighboring Mercy Housing community and through the American Red Cross, the couple learned that they would be two out of just four people nationwide awarded the prestigious

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Decorative Pride Tree

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” ― Paulo Coelho June is Pride Month  As you may know, June is internationally recognized as Pride Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, promoting inclusivity, and advocating for equal rights.

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Thanks to the partnership of supporters, Mercy Housing California (MHC) was named Nonprofit Developer of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times, recognizing our community-focused development efforts in the Bay Area and around the state. MHC is the largest regional office of Mercy Housing, Inc., one of the nation’s most prolific and effective nonprofit

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Ribbon cutting at 290 Malosi

The changes that have been planned at Sunnydale for over a decade are fully in motion this season. In March, just weeks before the first phase of demolition of the aging housing stock, residents and partners gathered at newly built residence 290 Malosi to celebrate its dedication and welcome a new chapter for the southeastern

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Since it went into effect in 2018, California state bill SB-35 has been an effective tool to bring Californians the affordable homes we so desperately need more efficiently, by speeding up the approvals process for proposed developments that meet a certain set of conditions. Mercy Housing California (MHC) has made good use of this policy

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rendering of St Joseph Villa

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, a Mercy Housing Founding Community, have a rich history in the city of Orange, California that goes back more than 100 years. Members of the order have gathered, studied, prayed, and made their homes in a striking brick “Motherhouse” serving as the operational heart of their campus in

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On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which was intended to expand the protections first established in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The ’68 Act prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, gender, and, with a later

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Senior residents are getting healthy while grooving! McAuley Meadows in California recently introduced a class for line dancing, which is a healthy low impact form of exercise that has the added benefit of creating community among participants. The first class had nine participants and five residents from that group performed the dance at their winter

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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

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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 Housing California (MHC) is taking a closer look at

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