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Today, San Francisco-based nonprofit EARN, the nation’s leading microsavings provider, announced the launch of a transformative partnership designed to increase financial stability and emergency savings of families living across the United States. EARN is partnering with seven major U.S. housing organizations to promote saving in nine states across the country. With a combined reach of

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amelia Laing Content Manager 303-830-3432 alaing@mercyhousing.org San Francisco, CA—Mercy Housing, the largest affordable housing nonprofit in the country, announced today that it has upgraded six of its California properties with efficiency measures that will reduce the amount of energy and water consumed in the buildings. The upgrades were supported by Mercy

Thanks to the BCER Group and Wish for Wheels, two Colorado organizations, dozens of children living at Parkside Apartments in Denver, Colorado now have bikes! On August 11, 2017, BCER Engineering, a Colorado-based engineering firm, partnered with Wish for Wheels, a nonprofit that gives bikes to kids from low-income families, to build 25 bikes for the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: David Pickard (708) 434-5006 david@wilksgrp.com CHICAGO, IL (August 28, 2017) – Mercy Housing Lakefront announced today that it will begin accepting applications on September 5, 2017 for River Station Senior Apartments, a 70-unit affordable housing development in Kankakee designed for low-to-moderate-income seniors. Part of a broad community revitalization strategy in a

Dear Colleagues, The events in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday are a national tragedy. They have left many feeling despair and hopelessness. I have been reluctant to speak out for one reason: I struggle to know what to say. Like many of you, I was horrified by this display of hate, racism, and anti-Semitism and have

As Congress grapples with the future of healthcare, politicians, advocates, and others would do well to take a page from a recent report published by Mercy Housing and the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), titled “Innovative Models In Health and Housing.” The report, prepared for the Kresge Foundation and the California Endowment, profiles nine case

It’s been less than a year since Reynoldstown Senior Residences opened its doors, and has already won a prestigious award! The community, 10 years in the making, hosted a grand opening in May, which was attended by the people who made the dream of Reynoldstown a reality: Mercy Housing supporters like you, elected officials, and

Dozens of kids living in two Mercy Housing communities now have bikes, thanks to Holland & Hart LLP and Wish for Wheels! On July 20th and 21st, 2017 Holland & Hart LLP, a leading, full service, national law firm teamed up with Wish for Wheels, a nonprofit that gives bikes to kids from low-income families, to

When Erika left an abusive partner, she and her two small children struggled to find a place to live. Read her story below. I’m a native San Franciscan; I grew up in the Mission district. I have two children: an eight-year-old, Nelson, and a five-year-old, Ghael. Up until a couple years ago, I had a

Last month, the Sixteen Inch Society, a philanthropic organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted a game of sixteen-inch softball and raised $16,000 for Mercy Housing Lakefront! More than 60 people came together to make new friends, play some ball, and learn about the work of the affordable housing nonprofit. One hundred percent of the generous donation