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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  May 18, 2020 Contact:    Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 | kpeterson@mercyhousing.org With two loans, one in Sherman and the other in Long Beach, seniors with low incomes will receive stable housing with essential services at a crucial time for the city. LOS ANGELES—Mercy Community Capital’s (MCC) loans in LA will provide

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 2, 2020 Contact:  Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 |  kpeterson@mercyhousing.org With three loans, Mercy Community Capital will help create greatly needed affordable housing with services—supporting families with low incomes at a critical time for people with low incomes. DENVER— As a leading Community Development Financial Institution, Mercy Community Capital (MCC)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2020 SEATTLE – Four affordable housing developers – Bellwether Housing, Capitol Hill Housing, Mercy Housing Northwest and the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority – are joining forces, backed by Bank of America, to support local restaurant owners and residents of affordable housing communities who have been impacted by

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Rendering of 6600 Roosevelt

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEATTLE — Bellwether Housing and Mercy Housing Northwest will break ground this week on Cedar Crossing, a new 254-apartment affordable housing development at 6600 Roosevelt Way NE. Cedar Crossing, slated for completion in 2022, includes innovative community partnerships with Sound Transit, Mary’s Place, Seattle Children’s Hospital and El Centro de la Raza.

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The Walmart Foundation has given Mercy Housing Inc., a $200,000 grant to address food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 27, 2020 Contact: Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 | kpeterson@mercyhousing.org This grant will help increase food availability at current pantries, while creating pop-up pantries at properties without existing food distribution centers.

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portrait of ismael guerrero

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 24, 2020 Contact: Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 | kpeterson@mercyhousing.org Guerrero selected for his extensive experience and visionary leadership in affordable housing DENVER — Mercy Housing, Inc., the nation’s largest affordable housing nonprofit headquartered in Denver, has named Ismael Guerrero as its new President and CEO. He will officially assume

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: February 3, 2020 Contact: Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 | kpeterson@mercyhousing.org With the nation’s older adult population growing at a historic rate, a leading affordable housing nonprofit, Mercy Housing has strengthened its essential older adult-health programming in the Southwest thanks to Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust’s $170,000 grant. PHOENIX — Low-income

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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  January 9, 2020 Contact:    Kate Peterson | 303.830.3443 | kpeterson@mercyhousing.org Mercy Community Capital is a leading Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and they’ve changed their name, but the mission remains—to work nationally with socially responsible affordable housing and community developers, providing innovative financing arrangements for creditworthy projects where conventional financing

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Projects Community Connections, Inc. and Mercy Housing Southeast are partnering to support the city’s efforts to revitalize a historic neighborhood.    For Immediate Release:  December 19, 2019 Contact:   Beth Haynes | 470.639.1315 | Beth.Haynes@mercyhousing.org ATLANTA – A mixed-use development, Thrive Sweet Auburn, which will include 117 affordable housing units and commercial space is coming

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SAN FRANCISCO – The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), National Affordable Housing Trust (NAHT), Calvert Impact Capital and Mercy Loan Fund (MLF) have partnered to provide capital for the second phase of the $100 million Fund to Preserve Affordable Communities (FPAC) aimed at protecting affordable housing for low-income families across the nation. The partnership will

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