In The News

Mercy Housing’s Green Hope Initiative has led the way for our sustainability efforts. Reducing our energy and resource use isn’t a luxury with a hefty price tag—it’s essential and even saves Mercy Housing residents money on utilities. Partners are vital to our success. SAHF (Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future) is a nonprofit collaborative

National Volunteer Week has been inspiring for Mercy Housing residents and partners this week. We thank everyone that’s come out and joined the community at our properties to help out. UnitedHealthcare and Mercy Housing recently teamed up for a volunteer project at Mercy Place Belmont in Belmont, NC, and they didn’t let a little rain

It’s National Volunteer Week, a very special time for Mercy Housing. Volunteering is good for everyone, the community, and even your health. If you’d like to volunteer with Mercy Housing, we have endless opportunities for you to join us at a property in your area. If you can’t make it this week, that’s okay—Mercy Housing

Volunteers are a central part of community life in Mercy Housing properties, helping tutor children, managing weekly food pantries, and assisting with social events, such as holiday parties. Interestingly, some of our most loyal volunteers are young residents who live in the communities that they serve. Flor Flor is a high school sophomore who volunteers

Over 20 years ago, Mercy Housing built Casa San Juan and Villa Madera in Oxnard, California for agricultural workers employed by local farms. Raising kids in affordable homes has provided families and kids with dramatically different opportunities than their parents. Angela was nine-years-old when she moved into Casa San Juan with her parents and two

When the school day is over, kids across our country experience radically different lives. Some children get to recharge with a snack, play a sport, and do homework at a school-based program or under the watchful eye of a family member. Other kids don’t have these options because their families lack food security, their parents

As Mercy Housing continues to celebrate Women’s History Month, we look to some of our long-time supporters to explore what home means to them. Since our beginning, strong women have nurtured the growth of Mercy Housing from a small Nebraska organization into one of the largest nonprofit owners, managers, and developers of affordable housing in

When Mercy Housing hired its first CEO in 1981, Sister Mary Terese Tracy, there were few companies led by women in the United States. Over the past 35 years, three successive women presidents have grown Mercy Housing into one of the largest affordable housing developers in the country. This record of women’s leadership remains the

On January 15, Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Stefani joined with Mercy Housing residents to celebrate the rededication of 2698 California and JFK Towers in San Francisco. Renovation of these two affordable housing communities marked the completion of upgrades to all six properties that Mercy Housing and partners acquired in 2015 from the City of

In December, the Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation (DDCO) awarded Mercy Housing a new two-year grant to bring oral health services and resources onsite for Mercy Housing families at Bluff Lake Apartments in Stapleton and Holly Park Apartments in Commerce City. The mission of DDCO is to improve the well-being of all Coloradans by advancing