What We Do: Overview
Multi-Family Housing Program
Merced owns or has developed 1,909 units of quality, affordable Multi-Family Housing in San Antonio, Somerset, Conroe, Corpus Christi and Goliad, TX. Through our multi-family, single-family and Owner-Occupied Emergency Repairs Programs, Merced serves more than 1,949 households. When developments currently in the pipeline are complete, Merced will serve more than 2,100 households in Bexar, Montgomery, Nueces, and Goliad counties in Texas. At Merced, we believe in providing more than simple shelter. In keeping with our mission, we provide services at our multi-family properties that support residents’ efforts to raise healthy families and become self-sufficient, fully participating members of society.
Resident Services Program
At each multi-family property, we provide services to help residents achieve self sufficiency. The Resident Services program has four focus areas: Youth, Education and Employment, Financial Literacy, and Health. Services are provided on-site of through a referral system. A Resident Services Coordinator works at each property to bring events, activities, and resources to residents. A significant percentage of residents in two of Merced's multi-family properties are military families, and Merced considers the special needs of military families.
Single-Family Program
Merced’s Single-Family Program revitalizes inner-city neighborhoods by providing home-ownership opportunities to low-income families. Merced acquires dilapidated eyesores and completely rehabilitates them or constructs new infill homes and sells them to qualifying low-income families. Merced has homes for sale in the Historic Gardens district community in San Antonio. For information, call (210) 281-0234.
Serve Our Seniors (SOS)
Minor Repair Program
Through the Serve Our Seniors (SOS) Minor Repair Program, Merced helps extremely low-income senior and disabled homeowners who cannot afford to keep their homes safe, sanitary, or structurally sound. Merced makes health and safety related repairs at no cost to the homeowners. The SOS Program enables very low-income senior and disabled persons to stay in the homes they own and love. We also have found that receiving SOS assistance often restores faith and hope to seniors whose existence has become bleak because of their limited means.