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For the past two years, Mercy Housing California (MHC) has partnered with the UC Davis BETA (Builder, Engineer, Tinker, Adapt) Labs to work with youth residents at a Sacramento-area elementary school and the surrounding neighborhood. The work and partnership with UC Davis BETA Labs was supported through grants from the Armstead Academic Project. Last Spring,

Government incentives and partner relationships to pay for “green” home renovations that reduce energy and water consumption are crucial to combatting climate change. Unfortunately, many of these programs aren’t set up to serve the one-third of Americans who rent their homes. That means many residents of affordable housing miss out on major costs and energy

Neighborhood residents watched on with excitement as a crane lowered the first beams of the future Sunnydale Community Center last month. By next year, this large construction site will have transformed into a thriving hub of community life. The 28,000 square foot community center will hold an early childcare center, a Boys & Girls Clubhouse,

Mercy Housing California (MHC) and our partners at The Kelsey proudly broke ground at The Kelsey Civic Center this summer. Located just across from City Hall, this 112-home affordable housing community will be the first of its kind in San Francisco. The Kelsey Civic Center (TKCC) will serve as a beacon of sustainability and disability

Mercy Housing Mountain Plains (MHMP) and Swinerton, a national construction company, recently teamed up for a Technical Construction Skills Trade Fair in Denver, where over 20 youth residents learned about the construction industry. Held at Swinerton’s Denver warehouse, students in grades six and up learned about the construction industry with the help of the Construction Education Foundation

Leaders from Santa Clara County, the City of Palo Alto, and co-developers Abode Communities and Mercy Housing California celebrate groundbreaking of 110 affordable homes for teachers, school district staff, and their families, in partnership with Meta, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, Century Housing, school districts, and more key partners. Abode Communities, Mercy Housing California, Santa Clara

Mercy Housing California Notre Dame resident, Roseann, has traveled around the world, even living in Israel for six years, where she taught at the Reidman College of Complementary Medicine (1996-2002). A California native, Roseann grew up in Venice Beach with her dad, mom, twin sister, and brother. “It was a family-oriented neighborhood,” she recently described.

              RICHMOND MAYOR, PARTNERS, AND RESIDENTS CELEBRATE A FRESH START FOR HACIENDA HEIGHTS SENIOR COMMUNITY Nonprofit affordable housing organizations Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Mercy Housing California (MHC) co-led the redevelopment of a public housing site in partnership with the City of Richmond and Richmond Housing Authority, providing 150 fully renovated apartment homes

Media contact: Rosalyn Sternberg, regional communications manager, Rosalyn.Sternberg@mercyhousing.org Media contact: Annie Lascoe, director of development and communications, annie@thekelsey.org, 415-237-1883 The Kelsey and Mercy Housing California celebrate milestone with Mayor London Breed; accessible, affordable, inclusive community fills critical need and provides model that can be scaled nationwide San Francisco (June 8, 2023)—Disability-forward housing is becoming a

Last year, Sonia and Saeid, two Mercy Housing residents in Northern California, received some news that caught them both by surprise. After years of volunteering, both at a neighboring Mercy Housing community and through the American Red Cross, the couple learned that they would be two out of just four people nationwide awarded the prestigious