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Mercy Housing Southeast

Mercy Housing Southeast (MHSE) provides affordable homes to people with low incomes, including families, seniors, people who have experienced homelessness, and people with disabilities.

With 44 properties throughout Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee, MHSE serves more than 5,000 people every day. MHSE supplements much of its housing with Resident Services, programs that help residents build stable lives.

Mercy Housing Southeast has developed or preserved 44 properties delivering over 3,028 affordable rental homes since 1996, and has also been recognized with many accolades in the housing industry, including:

Charles L. Edson Tax Credit Excellence Award for Senior Housing
Urban Land Institute Development of Excellence Award in Civic/Institutional Development
Atlanta Business Chronicle Best in Atlanta Real Estate Award
Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing
Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ Magnolia Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing
Housing Authority of DeKalb County’s Best Project Design/Innovation Award
Southface Energy Institute’s Earthcraft Multifamily Project of the Year Award

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Changing Lives

Mercy Housing Southeast is creating stable, vibrant and healthy communities for low-income families and seniors across the southeast. We remain committed to changing lives and revitalizing neighborhoods by providing safe, quality, service-enriched housing. We strive to make sure our developments are located near public transportation, health care, food centers and other vital services. Our development expertise covers the full spectrum of housing solutions including:

Multifamily rental homes
Senior and family housing
Supportive, single-room occupancy housing for formerly homeless individuals
Preservation and rehabilitation developments

Learn about two of our current housing developments >>

We recognize that people often need more than a home to build a stable life, which is why, in addition to housing, we provide Resident Services. Learn more about our Resident Services in the Southeast >>

The Problem

≈70% of renter households in the region pay more than half of their income for housing

$17,335 Average Mercy Housing Resident Income

Our Impact

3,028 Affordable homes across the region

5,480 People live in an affordable Mercy Housing Southeast community

A Team Committed to Excellence

Mercy Housing Southeast’s development team is skilled at creating dynamic and informed relationships with the local community – relationships that lead to comprehensive design and a prioritization of community needs.

Help People Like LaVonya

LaVonya had an 8-year-old son, volunteered at church, and was a naval reservist. She graduated from Columbia College and promptly found a job. In less than a year, she was laid off. That same year her mother passed away leaving LaVonya to look after her 12-year-old brother. Suddenly, she had two growing boys to raise and was out of a job. She needed a home for the three of them, but student debt prevented her from getting a loan to buy a home while trying to find a new job, all at once. She felt trapped. Read about how Mercy Housing helped LaVonya >

Donate to Mercy Housing Southeast

We are proud to serve our residents and Southeast communities through the development of affordable housing and resident services. Donate today to help us continue our mission!

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On Water and Land, Willie Williams III Spreads Joy

Willie Williams III, Mercy Housing Southeast Maintenance Manager, loves to fish. To say it is the thing that makes him most happy and provides him with peace of mind would not be an overstatement. ��I don’t even have to catch anything,” he recently shared, adding “Just sitting by the water is so calming and I’ll

Savannah’s History Lives On

Cuyler-Brownsville, one of the most historic neighborhoods in Savannah, Georgia, began when newly freed slaves migrated from farms and barrier islands into the city after the Civil War. Known for its rich history and character, the Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood, with its row houses and Victorian single-family homes, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

New Homes in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward

Mercy Housing Southeast is proud to be part of an important partnership to redevelop a 1950s-era apartment complex in the historic Old Fourth Ward, one of Atlanta’s fastest gentrifying neighborhoods where increasing property values risk forcing long-time residents out of their homes. Built in 1951, the existing 58 uninsulated cinderblock apartments will be replaced with

Partner with Us

Mercy Housing Southeast is proud to serve our residents and the communities in Georgia, Ohio, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. We remain committed to changing lives and revitalizing neighborhoods by providing safe, quality, service-enriched housing.

We hope you’ll join us in building the next one.

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