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Donor Spotlight: Michelle Lackore...
To me, mercy means unconditional compassion and kindness. My grandmother taught me the importance of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Being a new mom, I continually count my blessings to have a healthy baby, food on our table, and a roof over our heads. I give
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Giving and Caring
Glenn Whitaker is the Resident Services Coordinator at Page Commons in Gilbert, Arizona. Glenn joined the Mercy Housing property management team in 2014 and now coordinates programs and access to community resources for our residents. “I am a people person, and the ability to be able to assess the residents’ needs and help find ways
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In April, the Franciscan Sisters of Wheaton, Illinois officially began the process of transferring management of 33 of their affordable housing communities to Mercy Housing. These residences are located in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin. We are honored to have been chosen to carry on their legacy and thank
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Greetings! I was recently named one of “Affordable Housing’s Influential Women” by Affordable Housing Finance Magazine. As the national affordable housing crisis continues, and in many places worsens, it was good to see the magazine profile leaders committed to building diverse, vibrant, healthy communities. I was truly humbled to be named among them. There’s no
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Renee and her family found a community of support at Mercy Housing.
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Mercy Housing Makes Majority...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5/6/2016 Contact: Amelia Laing Content Manager alaing@mercyhousing.org 303-830-3432 Denver, CO—As part of its efforts to create healthy communities, affordable housing nonprofit Mercy Housing, Inc. has instituted a nonsmoking policy at many of the properties it owns and manages nationwide. The organization aims to have the majority of its portfolio smoke-free by 2020.
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In celebration of Earth Day, affordable housing nonprofit Mercy Housing announced the roll out of its environmental sustainability program, Green Hope.
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Mercy Housing Southeast Launches...
Partnership with Peach State Health Plan will kick off on April 30 in Lithonia ATLANTA (April 20, 2016) – Mercy Housing Southeast today announced its first Cultivating Healthy Communities event will be held at their largest multi-family community, the Hills at Fairington, in Lithonia, Georgia, on Saturday, April 30, 2016. The event will feature a fresh
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Mercy Housing, Inc. to Expand...
Media Contact: KATE PETERSON KPeterson@mercyhousing.org Office | 303.830.3443 Mobile | 303.885.1210 ANNE BALLENTINE Anne.Ballentine@wfhc.org Office | 414.465.3605 Mobile | 414.331.5345 April 4, 2016, Denver, CO—Mercy Housing, Inc. announced today that it has begun the transfer of 3,666 affordable homes from Franciscan Ministries, Inc. The transfer of the
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Mercy Loan Fund Helps Preserve...
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.”
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