In The News

As you may now know, after an incredibly rewarding 27 years of service to Mercy Housing, I have decided to retire from my position as CEO. The decision was certainly bittersweet, but made much easier by knowing that my successor would be Mercy Housing’s current president, Jane Graf. Jane is a dynamic and well-respected leader in the

Community Matters Winter 2014 A report by HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs released at the end of last year proclaimed a 24 percent reduction in homelessness among veterans since 2010. In fact, the year 2012 alone boasted an eight percent reduction in homelessness for our country’s vets. Although this news is certainly encouraging, the sad fact is that

Mercy Loan Fund is pleased to announce the appointment of Jaime G. Gomez and Maureen Warren to its Board of Directors. Mercy Loan Fund is a national nonprofit community lending organization headquartered in Denver.

For many who come to Mercy Housing, our services are not a hand out, but a hand up. Falicia, a former resident of Heritage Corner Apartments in Savannah, Georgia never lost sight of her ultimate dream: having a home for herself and her little boy, Jacoby. Falicia and Jacoby moved to Heritage Corner Apartments in

On January 29th, Sr. Patricia McDermott, RSM, a Mercy Housing Board Member, was invited to testify on poverty issues before the Senate Democratic Outreach Committee. Sr. Pat is the President of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and has served on Mercy Housing’s National Board of Trustees in several different roles since 1999. Sr.

This winter, Mercy Housing residents were able to celebrate the holiday season thanks to several groups of corporate volunteers. Just before the holidays, Bank of America volunteers kicked off the holiday season at the Harold Washington Apartments. Volunteers served a hearty holiday meal and  spent time visiting with the residents. Bank of America passed out

Mercy Housing would like to announce two exciting leadership transitions. After eight years as President of Mercy Housing Lakefront, Cindy Holler has been promoted to a new role as Senior Vice President of National Real Estate for Mercy Housing.  In this role, she will remain in Chicago but will help spur innovation and accelerate development

Thank you for providing hope for families, veterans, and other vulnerable people.  Thanks to you, Mercy Housing built or preserved 937 homes and prevented homelessness for 6,812 people in the Chicago and Milwaukee regions.  In 2013, your support helped make it possible to: Complete renovations to preserve 210 affordable family homes at the historic Pullman

CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA® has been awarded a $4 million grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation on behalf of three non-profit lenders to expand resident ownership opportunities in affordable manufactured housing communities. The grant is part of the foundation’s new CDFI Collaboratives program, a $33 million commitment to help CDFIs build capacity and jumpstart

Mercy Housing, a national nonprofit affordable housing organization, today announced that Sister Lillian Murphy, RSM, will retire from her position as Chief Executive Officer of the organization in June 2014. Mercy Housing’s National Board of Trustees has selected current Mercy Housing President Jane Graf as the new CEO effective on July 1, 2014. Since assuming