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According to Up for Growth, the state of Washington will need an additional million homes by 2044 to meet the estimated population growth. Making the challenge more problematic, over the last 30 years, Washington’s population has grown by 60%, but its housing stock has only grown by 33%. This is a major contributor to the

This is an exciting time for Mercy Housing Mountain Plains! From grand openings to groundbreakings to major renovations, we are growing our footprint across the region. This year we are thrilled to be opening two new affordable housing communities in Colorado – The Rose on Colfax in Denver and Northfield Commons in Fort Collins. In

With a bit of encouragement from Ms. Natalie, Resident Services Coordinator at Lincoln Way, Kaelynne decided to give Girls on the Run a try. Focused on girls in grades 3-5, Girls on the Run is an 8-week program focused on developing character and preparing each participant to run a 5K. The first day they met was

Green Hope, Mercy Housing’s environmental sustainability department, and Decatur Place staff recently partnered with Sensor Industries, ProdigyLink, Energy Outreach Colorado, and Mile High Youth Corps to provide water and energy-saving upgrades and community solar subscriptions to Decatur Place residents in Denver. During the first week of November, Sensor Industries and ProdigyLink installed toilet leak sensors,

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

We’re celebrating the grand opening of Thrive Sweet Auburn on April 26, so save the date! A collaboration between Project Community Connections Inc. (PCCI) and Mercy Housing Southeast, Thrive Sweet Auburn is a mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward created to provide operating space for PCCI, a vital nonprofit serving people exiting homelessness, paired

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

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.