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2020 has been a big year for our NE Seattle development, Mercy Magnuson Place! This Mercy Housing Northwest family housing development has earned a number of awards thanks to residents, staff, volunteers, and partners: 2020 Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Historic Preservation Award Affordable Housing Finance 2020 Readers Choice Best Historic Rehabilitation Award 2020

Mercy Housing set a goal to register “2,020 in 2020” — a campaign aimed to register 2,020 Mercy Housing residents across the country to vote. With the November elections right around the corner, we’ve already surpassed our goal! Voting is essential to our democracy, and voter registration is the first step. As with so many

“I’ve taken COVID and made some lemonade!” This has been Sylvia’s motto at Page Commons senior community in Gilbert, Arizona, as of late. This lively senior has not let COVID slow her pace or dampen her spirits. Instead, she looks for the good in everything and finds ways to stay active and healthy through these

While commercial and residential real estate prices continue to skyrocket in Denver and across the nation, Mercy Housing remains resolute in preserving affordable housing for today and for the future. With this in mind, Mercy Housing Mountain Plains is excited to announce some big changes at two family communities in Denver. Clare Gardens and Grace

Proposition A on the Ballot this November Reverend Sonya grew up in the 1960s in Sunnydale and would take a bus out of the neighborhood to play basketball. “We’ve never had a gym in the community, we used to go over to Palega Gym (5 miles away). It would be a great asset to the

Sunnydale Progress, Block 6 and Block 3 After many years of planning, the rebuilding effort at Sunnydale is taking a major leap forward with the construction and design of four new buildings on the southeastern edge of the community. A new residential building on Block 6, which will provide 167 affordable homes for families, is

A Student’s Journey from Sunnydale to UC Berkeley Kionna is a studious 18-year-old freshman at UC Berkeley. Like most college students this fall, she is learning virtually, but unlike most, she was able to move into the dorms at Cal as they allowed a limited number of freshmen to live on campus while learning remotely.

Reimagining local food systems in the Sunnydale community According to the USDA Food Atlas, most San Franciscans travel less than a half mile to get to the nearest grocery store. But that is not the case for residents of San Francisco’s Sunnydale public housing community who have to trek more than a mile to get

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2020 Contact: Rick Sprague, Mercy Housing California | RSprague@mercyhousing.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** El Monte, CA – Mayor Andre Quintero, joined by the City Council and a small group of various partners and City, County, and State officials, will announce the dedication of Baldwin Rose Apartments, a new affordable housing community on

The power of music was well known even before science confirmed what we already knew: music heals us. And at a time when more and more people are suffering from the effects of long-term stress, music’s healing abilities are needed more than ever. Over the last few months, it has been inspiring to see how