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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,

“There is no school equal to a decent home.” ~Mahatma Gandhi According to a new report on Federal Education Policy from the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) entitled Remedial Education – Can the U. S. Education System Regain Its World Lead, the U.S. education system is nowhere near as internationally competitive as it was even 30 years ago.

In Charkita Moore’s household, education is a family affair. KeShaun, 11 years old, and his big brother Lorenzo, 13 years old, have lived and learned at Mercy Housing’s Lavergne Courts since 2001. “Charkita is working hard to get her Associates Degree and the boys both attend Chicago Jesuit Academy (CJA), a wonderful neighborhood prep school,” said Whitney Nash, Resident Services Manager at Lavergne Courts. “Chicago

As a company that invests in strong vibrant communities, U.S. Bank is a natural partner for Mercy Housing. U.S. Bank and Mercy Housing have worked together for many years to build strong communities across the country. U.S. Bank often helps to finance affordable housing and also provides donations to support programming for residents. U.S. Bank builds communities by focusing on the foundations

Infographics Source: Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). Follow BPC’s Housing Commission at www.bipartisanpolicy.org/housing.

Take a look at some of the good work done over the past few months by Mercy Housing Staff and Partners in communities all across the nation. Mercy Housing Northwest Received several grants: $100,000 from the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation in supoort of neighborhood stabilization program in Idaho; $50,000 from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to support

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Thanks to a $1,159,055 loan from Mercy Loan Fund (MLF) to ROC USA® Capital (ROC USA), 384 low-income residents at Champion Mobile Home Park in Elbridge, New York will continue to have quality, affordable housing. Champion consists of 170 mobile homes owned by seniors and working families, the majority

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 In order to prepare students for the 2012-2013 school year, U.S. Bank partnered with Mercy Housing to provide backpacks and schools supplies to approximately 500 children at four Mercy Housing properties: Grace Apartments in Denver, Appian Way in Kent WA, Pullman Wheelworks in Chicago and New Hope in Nampa,

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Children deserve a chance to succeed in school and in life. At Mercy Housing, we know this begins with their families being able to afford a decent place to call home. The Center for Housing Policy recently updated its 2007 report, “The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Education,”

Community Matters Newsletter – Fall 2012 Mercy Housing Southeast is the Winner of the Affordable Housing Finance Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Master-Planned/Mix-Use category! Originally built in 1943 to house employees of the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp., the Strathmore Estates complex in the Savannah Gardens community of Savannah, Ga., was meant to be dismantled after