A nationwide campaign to raise $25 million for endowment.
Permanently funding the model that has housed and supported more than 250,000 people across 45 states since 1981.
A nationwide campaign to raise $25 million for endowment.
Permanently funding the model that has housed and supported more than 250,000 people across 45 states since 1981.
More than 12 million low-income households across the country spend at least half their income on rent.
There is not a single state where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a median-priced two-bedroom apartment. The gap between what people need and what the market provides keeps widening.
This isn’t the story of an intractable problem. It’s the context for why an organization like Mercy Housing exists — and why permanently funding its work matters now.
One endowment. Three priorities. A foundation that lasts.
For over 40 years, Mercy Housing has provided not just homes but the wraparound services — health care, financial coaching, childcare, job readiness — that turn a roof into a life. Mercy Builds is the campaign to make that model permanent: a $25 million endowment that will double the number of residents served by 2035.
Resident services
Guaranteed access to the programs residents depend on
Housing innovation
New approaches to building and serving communities
Growth and action
The flexibility to respond when opportunity or crisis arrives
Across the country. In your community.
Mercy Housing works across five regions — California, Lakefront, Mountain Plains, Northwest, and Southeast — serving communities in more than 20 states. Every region, every community, every resident is part of the same national effort.