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Between field trips and field days, the Leataata Floyd Student and Family Community Center in Sacramento is always buzzing with activity. The Center has turned into a hub for the families in Sacramento’s Marina Vista and Alder Grove communities offering resources for parents and youth including bike repairs, art workshops, self-empowerment camps, and most recently

On March 23, Mercy Housing California and Openhouse celebrated the Grand Opening of The Openhouse Community at 55 Laguna—San Francisco’s first affordable housing community welcoming to LGBT seniors. The 40 apartments augmented by onsite services provided by Openhouse rehabilitates a historic city landmark into a thriving and inclusive home welcoming to LGBT seniors and formerly

Singing “California is a Garden of Eden. It’s a paradise to live in or see. But believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot, if you ain’t got that Do-Re-Mi,” keynote speaker, Kat Taylor, captured the hopes and frustrations of so many Californians struggling to make ends meet. But, for the 1,200 residents

The White Rock Village Community Care Team is committed to serving its community. The team consists mostly of residents who live at White Rock Village and have decided to give back to the neighborhood and community at large.

As a result of years of collaboration between Mercy Housing California and its partners, 50 disabled and/or previously homeless veterans now have a beautiful, new place to call home. Across the country, Mercy Housing is creating affordable homes like these for deserving people in our community thanks to the support and donations from people like

“I had no intention of going into affordable housing,” says Katayoon Montazemi. “My background was in commercial real estate management.” But when Katayoon volunteered to help lease homes at Mercy Housing in Los Angeles, CA, in 2014, she was hooked. “I fell in love with Mercy’s mission and affordable housing,” she says. “It was the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/1/2016 Contacts below Wheatland, CA—Mercy Housing and the City of Wheatland celebrated the completion of the reconstruction of Sunset Valley Duplexes in Wheatland, Calif. on June, 29, 2016. These 88 affordable rental homes are much needed as the state and national affordable housing crises continue, and in many places worsen. Supported by

Mercy Loan Fund recently partnered with Mercy Housing California to preserve rare affordable homes for families at Casa San Juan, a community in Oxnard, Calif. Casa San Juan provides affordable housing to people like Elizabeth, who left an abusive relationship after 11 years and found it hard to find a home she could afford for herself and her four children. “When I heard that my application had been accepted, I was so very, very happy. It was one of my happiest days in many years…Without Casa San Juan, I don’t know where I would be. I might be dead. I might be homeless.”

As a social worker who has helped people with low incomes in the San Francisco area for more than 25 years, Sister Patsy Harney has a lot of stories to tell. Known for introducing computers into many low income communities in 1999, Sister Patsy is widely referred to as the “Cyber Nun.” As a Resident Services

Mercy Housing, a national nonprofit affordable housing developer and service provider, has embarked on a mission to create affordable senior housing despite the lack of capital funding for such projects. To accomplish their mission, they have turned to a novel private capital finance structure. By using this uncommon funding approach, as part of their Senior Health and Housing Initiative, they hope to acquire existing buildings and convert them into affordable, service-enriched housing in a fraction of the time it typically takes to complete such projects.