Over the summer, Mercy Northwest and the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary celebrated the opening of Mercy Greenbrae, one of Lake Oswego’s newest affordable housing communities.
Standing among the brick and ivy-covered buildings of the former Marylhurst University campus, the Mercy Greenbrae building provides 100 apartments to families and individuals who make less than 60% of the area’s median income.
More than three-quarters of the community’s apartments are multi-bedroom family units, and with those homes come kids to run in the field outside and play on the new playground in the plaza.
Among the residential services offered to residents of Mercy Greenbrae is Youth Initiatives, which provides extra resources to residents with children as a conduit between home and school.
“We want our youth to know that they have somebody that they can always ask questions of and go to for support, whether it’s things that are happening at home or at school, ” said Lindsey Karas, Mercy Housing Northwest’s housing and education manager.