In The News

On Friday, September 27, 2013, 350 guests gathered at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle, Wash., in support of Mercy Housing Northwest. The annual fundraiser, the Power of Home Breakfast, raises vital funds for residents to access onsite supportive services at our properties in Washington State. Our program speakers enlightened and inspired everyone with their stories

Mercy Loan Fund receives $1,347,000 financial assistance award from U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund – Allocation provides local affordable housing developers funding needed to rebuild healthy communities

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF) and its eleven members, who, like Mercy Housing, are all non-profit affordable housing providers, are embarking today on an endeavor to enroll newly eligible affordable housing residents in Medicaid or subsidized insurance through the newly formed health insurance exchanges. “Our goal is to use the affordable housing our members provide

The City of Chicago and Mercy Portfolio Services hosted a recent homebuyer fair at the Kroc Community Center in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. The event was attended by more than 150 individuals from areas throughout the city including Back of the Yards, Cicero, Chatham, Humboldt Park, and several other neighborhoods. Attendees had the opportunity to

Thanks to you, and supporters like you, 2,280 children go to bed in safe and nurturing homes.  In the first three years of the Moving Forward Together campaign, you have helped build 2,534 homes, create 4,877 jobs, and enable 6,016 people, including 2,280 children, to live in hope. This is the fight of our lifetime.

Mercy Housing Resident Services offers young residents an exciting opportunity to learn something new and engage with the community through music, so they formed the Gleason Park Electric Violin Ensemble.

Mercy Housing is committed to community safety and connecting with our neighbors across the state. Over the past month, multiple sites took part in National Night Out, a designated event to connect neighbors with one another. National Night Out is designed to increase community awareness while addressing anti-crime efforts. Mercy Housing sites in Bellingham, Everett,

Mercy Housing is excited to have the opportunity to continue its revitalization efforts in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. A $70,000 grant from the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation will provide funding for two primary efforts – development of a second phase of New Tacoma Senior Apartments and implementation of our Community Health Worker pilot project.

Mercy Loan Fund staff recently took a look back at some of the loans made years ago and checked in with the borrowers to see where their projects are today.

After three months of planning, two prep days, and one exhausting day of building, 200 children have a safe and exciting new playground. The play space was built in less than eight hours with the help of 266 community volunteers from Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Mercy Housing Lakefront, Burger King and KaBOOM!. “Everyone deserves a