In The News

The City of Chicago and Mercy Portfolio Services hosted a recent homebuyer fair at the Kroc Community Center in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. The event was attended by more than 150 individuals from areas throughout the city including Back of the Yards, Cicero, Chatham, Humboldt Park, and several other neighborhoods. Attendees had the opportunity to

Mercy Housing Resident Services offers young residents an exciting opportunity to learn something new and engage with the community through music, so they formed the Gleason Park Electric Violin Ensemble.

Mercy Housing is committed to community safety and connecting with our neighbors across the state. Over the past month, multiple sites took part in National Night Out, a designated event to connect neighbors with one another. National Night Out is designed to increase community awareness while addressing anti-crime efforts. Mercy Housing sites in Bellingham, Everett,

Mercy Housing is excited to have the opportunity to continue its revitalization efforts in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma. A $70,000 grant from the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation will provide funding for two primary efforts – development of a second phase of New Tacoma Senior Apartments and implementation of our Community Health Worker pilot project.

Throughout the last several weeks, Mercy Housing Lakefront children celebrated the start of the new school year. Back-to-School events were held at the Austin After-School Program, Wentworth Commons, Pullman Wheelworks Apartments, 850 Eastwood Apartments and Roseland Village. U.S. Bank helped kick off the back-to-school celebrations at Mercy’s Pullman Wheelworks property. The bank donated 180 backpacks

Mercy Housing Lakefront, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! build new playground in just one day for Chicago children

At Mercy Housing, we believe that making the community a better place is just as important as building a home. We support our residents with the resources they need to be good neighbors and members of a greater community. Mercy Housing begins with housing, but goes far beyond to strengthen the lives of the people

An extraordinary national initiative called Home Matters™ has had a remarkable impact in just a few short months and is building momentum throughout the housing community and well beyond. Mercy Housing has recently joined this remarkable effort. Home Matters was launched in March in Washington, DC, when nearly 200 leaders of housing and community development

Our Mercy Housing Management Group is known for its leadership and herculean feats. Now, it can add making the impossible, possible to its list of accomplishments. In a year-long campaign, appropriately named “MISSION POSSIBLE”, 30 participating Mercy Housing communities in California offered residents a list of activities and steps that improve housing stability and resident

Resident Services Coordinator, Gloria Morales, has a lot in common with the young women at her Madison Place community in Bakersfield, California. As a native of the area, she attended the same middle and high schools as many of her residents. Driven by her intense dedication and affection for her hometown and Madison Place, Gloria