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In Charkita Moore’s household, education is a family affair. KeShaun, 11 years old, and his big brother Lorenzo, 13 years old, have lived and learned at Mercy Housing’s Lavergne Courts since 2001. “Charkita is working hard to get her Associates Degree and the boys both attend Chicago Jesuit Academy (CJA), a wonderful neighborhood prep school,” said Whitney Nash, Resident Services Manager at Lavergne Courts. “Chicago

As a company that invests in strong vibrant communities, U.S. Bank is a natural partner for Mercy Housing. U.S. Bank and Mercy Housing have worked together for many years to build strong communities across the country. U.S. Bank often helps to finance affordable housing and also provides donations to support programming for residents. U.S. Bank builds communities by focusing on the foundations

Infographics Source: Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). Follow BPC’s Housing Commission at www.bipartisanpolicy.org/housing.

Take a look at some of the good work done over the past few months by Mercy Housing Staff and Partners in communities all across the nation. Mercy Housing Northwest Received several grants: $100,000 from the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation in supoort of neighborhood stabilization program in Idaho; $50,000 from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to support

Mercy Housing has always set a high standard for affordable housing and our properties – creating communities and homes, not just buildings – with a conscious effort to positively impact the future needs of our residents as well as the immediate ones. This concept of forward-looking, of being aware of how what we do to today impacts

Mercy Loan Fund, Community Housing Capital and Mile High Community Loan Fund recently partnered to close a $3.3 million loan to Thistle Communities to create 1000 Rosewood, a mixed-income, for-sale, single family home development located in North Boulder, Colo. Mercy Loan Fund’s portion the loan was $1 million. This strategic partnership allowed Mercy Loan Fund

Investments in Mercy Loan Fund come from many sources, including religious institutions, banks, health care systems, corporations, foundations, the government and individuals. Since 1990, Trillium Asset Management (Trillium) has brought individual and institutional investors to Mercy Loan Fund. “The global economic meltdown has been a stark reminder of the importance of affordable housing and essential

In 1996, Illinois created the Supportive Living Facility (SLF) program under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (“DHFS”) in response to the Medicaid waiver option given to states to for the purpose of creating state-specific health care delivery service programs.  DHFS created a program to license and monitor SLFs in Illinois as a way

U.S. Bank donated more than 1,000 school supplies to children who reside in Mercy Housing Lakefront properties earlier this spring. The donation helped hundreds of children prepare for a successful second-half of the school year. “We recognize that these students are inspired to succeed, and we want to ensure that they had the correct tools

Thanks to many partners, 3,500 Mercy Housing Lakefront residents live in hope.  Your support makes it possible for them to achieve their goals and dreams. Through your generosity, families like the Jones family have been able to reach their full potential. Schiolynn Jones, a mother of four, turned to Mercy Housing Lakefront after a divorce