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Fund 25 Closes! Final Closing for Fund 25
Fund 25 had its final closing, bringing the fund to $100 million!
We are grateful for our strong partnerships that have allowed us to bring more homes to Californians across the state.
Fund 25 ...

February, 2025--Oakland, CA
Lily Keefauver is a 2024-2025 Merritt Scholar at UC San Diego studying for her B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning. She is currently a Research Intern at the Homelessness Hub.
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February 6, 2025-Oakland, CA
Overview
Merritt launched Commitment to California in 2022 to support the people and policies that create and preserve affordable housing in California. Commitment to California is an industry ...

January 30, 2025--Oakland, CA
Jonathan Donis is a 2024-2025 Merritt Scholar, graduating from Stanford University with a B.A. in Urban Studies. Jonathan is an incoming Business Development Analyst at EAH Housing.
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People Updates:People on the Move
Thank you #AffordableHousingFinance for featuring Nedrah Barnes and David Eisenman in your People on the Move article!
Nedrah was promoted to CFO this year and David was promoted to Associate Director ...

November 13, 2024-Oakland, CA
In 2020, David Dologite joined Merritt as our Director of Acquisitions. His history in affordable housing made him an asset to the organization and over the last four years we have seen him ...

October 18, 2024-Oakland, CA
Congratulations to BRIDGE Housing and Napa Valley Community Housing (NVCH) on the financing closing for Hunt’s Grove and La Pradera Apartments - which will preserve 102 units of affordable housing for ...

August 13, 2024-Oakland, CA
Congratulations to Abode Communities on the financing closing for Central Avenue Apartments, a new construction housing project in Los Angeles affordable to households earning between 20% and 40% of ...

August 12, 2024-Oakland, CA
Izaac Singh is our next staff spotlight! He has been with Merritt for 6 years and has enjoyed his time with the organization. Izaac is our current Director of Asset Management and came to Merritt as ...

July 29, 2024--Oakland, CA
Congratulations to PEP Housing on the financing closing for Vigil Light Senior Apartments - which will preserve 49 new units of affordable housing for low-income seniors in Santa Rosa, CA. Originally ...

July 16, 2024--Oakland, CA
Merritt kicked off the second year of the Asset Management Specialist (AMS+) Program this summer!
We are thrilled to be offering and expanding the AMS+ program in 2024 as part of our ...

July 2, 2024-Oakland, CA
Welcome to the newest cohort of Merritt Scholars!
We are thrilled to welcome our 20 new Scholars into a program that will lay the groundwork for a career in affordable housing. Each scholar will be ...
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