"I wanted to join powerful women helping other powerful women build a home for themselves, which is something everyone deserves." -Kari

"I am excited to work alongside some of the best female co-workers I know and to help out those who need it in our community!" -Amy

"“Working with Habitat for Humanity is actually on my bucket list! And, being able to help women specifically makes it extra-special. As a single woman myself, I know what it’s like to face loan officers alone and to feel “less than”. For us to be able to help a woman have a house – a home – of their own, is amazing.” -Christine

Mercy Home has a long history of partnering with Habitat for Humanity and our youth during the summer. These trips have had a profound impact on our youth and this fall, it is our turn to make a difference!

On October 17th eleven women from Mercy Home will come together to build with a partner family to help them achieve their goal of home ownership.


The life-changing benefits of affordable homeownership are immense: it improves school performance, decreases crime, improves financial outcomes, and enhances the health and well-being of children and adults – just to name a few. But due to gendered barriers like the pay gap and its impact on credit access, and uneven child care responsibilities that limit time and financial resources, it is far more difficult for women to become homeowners.

his October, we’re linking arms, picking up our power tools, and joining in Habitat for Humanity Chicago's Women Build to knock these barriers down. Alongside 450 determined women, we will raise $300,000 to help build Habitat for Humanity homes that will be purchased by women with affordable mortgages! Then, we're hitting the Habitat construction sites in West Pullman to help build the homes. 

Help us reach our goal so we can change the lives of these women forever and prove that there is nothing a committed group of women can’t achieve when they come together.

Every donation - big, small, or somewhere in between - helps to build a strong, stable, and equal future.

Thanks for your support,
Mercy Home Warriors

Amy, Bonnie, Tiffany, Dawn, Angie W., Angie H., Gewanda, Linda, Nikki, Kari, and Christine