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The City of Auburn, Sisters of Mercy and Mercy Housing California Break Ground on LEED Certified Senior Housing Mercy Housing California broke ground on Mercy Auburn Senior Community on approximately three acres of the Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Auburn campus. Mercy Auburn will feature 60 one-bedroom apartments for low-income seniors in Auburn. The campus

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In November, residents of Wilmington’s New Dana Strand celebrated the successful transformation of the community with key partners, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Mercy Housing California (MHC). MHC received an award of $20,000 from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and MetLife Foundation Community-Police Partnership for the revitalization of New Dana Strand. The

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Thanks to many philanthropic and project partners, Mercy Housing Lakefront and Mercy Portfolio Services built or preserved 1,583 affordable homes, sustained 3,564 jobs, and helped 3,891 people to live in hope over the past three years. With your continuing help, we will ultimately fulfill the ten-year goals of the Moving Forward Together campaign to build

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With almost $1 million in philanthropic support over the past twelve months, 180° Properties has been able to expand property preservation services throughout the Lake Michigan region, including Gary, Chicago, and Milwaukee. With this expansion, 180° Properties has now created 49 jobs and has completed 24,982 work orders to protect and maintain 5,970 homes throughout the

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More than 15 U.S. Bank volunteers, Hope House staff members and community supporters joined residents at the Johnston Center to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the completion of the supportive housing building.  “We are so grateful for U.S. Bank’s ongoing commitment to the Johnston Center Residences,” said Cindy Holler, president of Mercy Housing Lakefront. “In

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Mercy Housing Lakefront unveiled the Lakefront Residences of Grayslake, the organization’s newest building, earlier this month. The 70-unit new construction building will serve seniors in Grayslake and throughout Lake County. Grayslake Mayor Rhett Taylor as well as State Representative-elect Sam Yingling attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We are thrilled to welcome Mercy Housing to the Grayslake

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Source: Grayslake Patch Lakefront Residences of Grayslake, an affordable senior housing development, recently opened a new 3-story, 70-unit residential building across from Grays Lake at Belvidere and Neville roads. Developed by non-profit Mercy Housing Lakefront, the building features 63 one-bedroom units and seven one-bedroom units with a den. Of the 70 units, 25 will be

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Tuesday night was obviously a big election night across the country. Locally, affordable housing got a huge win in San Francisco with the passage of Prop C. An amazing 65 percent of San Franciscans voted to provide $1.2 billion to affordable housing over the next 30 years. Clearly, San Francisco voters and elected officials continue

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Our nation has had a wild ride leading up to yesterday’s announcement of President Obama’s re-election. A special thanks to our Resident Services staff throughout the country for making sure that Mercy Housing residents were registered to vote and informed about their civic rights and responsibilities. Congress and the President have some huge issues to

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Sister Lillian Murphy

October 2012 Affordable Housing Finance Mercy Housing CEO Sister Lillian Murphy, RSM, was recently featured in Affordable Housing Finance Magazine’s 2012 election guide. This election could have major impacts on the affordable housing industry. When asked about the top housing priority for the incoming 113th Congress, Sister Lillian responded: “Preserve the LIHTC, New Markets Tax

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