Thank You For a Successful Partners Celebration!
We’re deeply grateful to all our partners who joined us for Merritt’s 2025 Partners Celebration and who make our work possible every day. Your collaboration, commitment, and shared belief in the power of affordable housing continue to drive lasting impact across California.
Together, we’re not just building homes, but thriving communities — this celebration was a meaningful reminder of what we can achieve when mission-driven partners come together.
Congratulations to our 2025 Award Recipients!
Recent Industry Events & Conferences
Thank you to Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) for hosting an inspiring 2025 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Merritt enjoyed connecting with the CDFI community and engaging in powerful conversations about the future of affordable housing!
Pictured: Pavlin Buchukov and Ari Beliak
PEOPLE UPDATES
Staff Spotlight: Ari Beliak, President & CEO
Our next Staff Spotlight features Ari Beliak, Merritt’s President & CEO. Since 2019, Ari’s leadership has guided Merritt to expand its impact across California’s affordable housing landscape. Learn about Ari’s journey and how his leadership continues to strengthen our mission: investing in affordable housing and people, building a stronger California:
Welcome to our Assistant Asset Manager, Wendy Mai!
Please join us in welcoming Wendy Mai as our Assistant Asset Manager! Wendy brings nearly a decade of experience in property management and six years of asset management expertise with affordable housing communities across California, Oregon, and Washington. As a Certified Asset Management Specialist through CHAM – Consortium for Housing and Asset Management, and a Certified Occupancy Specialist, Wendy will play a key role on our team!
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About Merritt Community Capital Corporation
As a nonprofit investor and lender in affordable housing, Merritt Community Capital Corporation has invested more than $1.7 billion to create and preserve over 12,500 affordable homes, providing housing for more than 30,000 residents. For over 35 years, Merritt’s mission has remained at the core of its work.
Merritt partners with mission-aligned developers and funders to tackle some of the most challenging and impactful affordable housing projects. Through equity and lending capital, Merritt provides flexible financing solutions designed to meet today’s needs while preserving affordability for the future.
Through its Commitment to Community (C2C) initiative, Merritt extends its impact by investing in people—attracting, training, and retaining the next generation of affordable housing leaders.
Merritt is also the west coast member of the National Association of State and Local Equity Funds (NASLEF), which empowers locally engaged, mission-driven housing and community investment partners to build thriving communities.