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One of California’s most successful strategies in the fight against homelessness has been converting old, under-used hotels to affordable housing. In January, Mercy Housing California (MHC) was proud to re-open Sacramento’s century-old Capitol Park Hotel as The St. Clare at Capitol Park, welcoming new residents to 134 permanent supportive apartment homes. The architectural majesty of

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Neighborhood residents watched on with excitement as a crane lowered the first beams of the future Sunnydale Community Center last month. By next year, this large construction site will have transformed into a thriving hub of community life. The 28,000 square foot community center will hold an early childcare center, a Boys & Girls Clubhouse,

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Friends attend Skills Trade Workshop

Mercy Housing Mountain Plains (MHMP) and Swinerton, a national construction company, recently teamed up for a Technical Construction Skills Trade Fair in Denver, where over 20 youth residents learned about the construction industry. Held at Swinerton’s Denver warehouse, students in grades six and up learned about the construction industry with the help of the Construction Education Foundation

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              Nonprofit affordable housing organizations Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Mercy Housing California (MHC) co-led the redevelopment of a public housing site in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Housing Authority, providing 150 fully renovated apartment homes in which seniors with low incomes can age with dignity. Contact: Rick Sprague, Regional

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The Kelsey Groundbreaking

Media contact: Rosalyn Sternberg, regional communications manager, Rosalyn.Sternberg@mercyhousing.org Media contact: Annie Lascoe, director of development and communications, annie@thekelsey.org, 415-237-1883 The Kelsey and Mercy Housing California celebrate milestone with Mayor London Breed; accessible, affordable, inclusive community fills critical need and provides model that can be scaled nationwide San Francisco (June 8, 2023)—Disability-forward housing is becoming a

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Mercy Housing Volunteer Spotlight

Last year, Sonia and Saeid, two Mercy Housing residents in Northern California, received some news that caught them both by surprise. After years of volunteering, both at a neighboring Mercy Housing community and through the American Red Cross, the couple learned that they would be two out of just four people nationwide awarded the prestigious

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Decorative Pride Tree

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” ― Paulo Coelho June is Pride Month  As you may know, June is internationally recognized as Pride Month, a time dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, promoting inclusivity, and advocating for equal rights.

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From Sicily to Chicago. Josie has called Mercy Housing’s Creekview Manor home for the past five years. “To me this is home. I really love it,” she recently shared. Folsom, California is a far cry from the island of Sicily, where she spent much of her childhood. “My mom was born in Dallas and when

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Since it went into effect in 2018, California state bill SB-35 has been an effective tool to bring Californians the affordable homes we so desperately need more efficiently, by speeding up the approvals process for proposed developments that meet a certain set of conditions. Mercy Housing California (MHC) has made good use of this policy

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rendering of St Joseph Villa

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, a Mercy Housing Founding Community, have a rich history in the city of Orange, California that goes back more than 100 years. Members of the order have gathered, studied, prayed, and made their homes in a striking brick “Motherhouse” serving as the operational heart of their campus in

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