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Empowering communities — building a brighter future

At ROC USA, we empower manufactured home communities nationwide through cooperative resident ownership. Our integrated financing and technical assistance model ensures homeowners and their communities thrive under resident ownership and control.

Our focus on affordability, sustainability, and resident empowerment drives our mission to create stable, resilient neighborhoods where everyone has a voice and a stake in their future.

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Manufactured housing matters because housing matters

Housing costs are outpacing incomes. It’s more important than ever to make sure that good places to live are within reach of lower-income families. Resident Owned Communities are a secure, stable piece of the affordable housing solution.

Most manufactured home communities are investor owned

Owning a home on rented land leaves homeowners vulnerable to loss of housing affordability, health and safety threats when community infrastructure is disinvested in, and displacement when communities are closed for change of land use.

Every community deserves resources to promote health, safety, and success

We are Better Together. We are stronger together. When homeowners buy their community and partner with ROC USA, they can make decisions about their community democratically and decide how to make investments and improvements in community infrastructure.

What others say: ROCs provide Stability, Affordability, Control and Legacy

Manufactured housing is no longer about mobility … but about affordability.”
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We can govern the kinds of things that someone else has governed all our lives.”
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It’s just a way to feel good about closing the transaction out in a way that is ethical.”
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We’ve shown that ROCs stabilize rents and give homeowners peace of mind. The time for urgency is now.”
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Everyone deserves to live a decent life that they can afford.

Dorian Warner
Emerald Pines Cooperative, Alexandria, Minn.

What is a ROC?

A resident owned community is a neighborhood of manufactured homes owned by a cooperative of homeowners who live there as opposed to an outside investor.

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The Impact

ROC USA empowers residents by facilitating the transformation of investor-owned manufactured home communities into resident-owned cooperatives, fostering housing stability, pride and economic security.

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Amid ‘a national crisis,’ one Virginia city came together to assist mobile home owners

He advises residents to seek out non-profit organizations that assist with affordable housing and to attempt to work with local government officials. He mentioned Resident Owned Communities (ROC USA) as an invaluable resource that should be contacted immediately.

December 10, 2024

ROC USA adds housing policy leader to senior team

With extensive experience in preserving affordable housing, Laura Abernathy will shape public policies that foster sustainable, resident-owned communities as ROC USA’s new Senior Vice President of Policy and Partnerships.

December 6, 2024

NeighborWorks Montana is playing a critical role in supporting families evicted from a privately-owned Montana manufactured home community

To help ease the financial burden of relocating, statewide affordable housing organization NeighborWorks Montana, partnering with the Whitefish Community Foundation, created an assistance fund that raised about $165,000. 

December 5, 2024

Massachusetts mobile park residents celebrate Appeals Court decision

Residents of a Cape Cod mobile home park are declaring victory after a court decision about who can buy their park.

December 5, 2024

Residents in Parkland form cooperative to purchase their mobile home park

Olga Dor Court Mobile Home Park is the sixth resident-owned cooperative community in Pierce County and the first to receive acquisition loan funds from the PCCDC.

December 2, 2024

ROC USA Welcomes Elizabeth Pietrzak as VP of Operations 

ROC USA has hired Elizabeth Pietrzak, whose background includes a proven track record of success in scaling operations, as VP of Operations.

November 18, 2024

Raza Development Fund executive joins ROC USA board

Melissa McDonald of Raza Development Fund has joined the ROC USA Board of Directors.

November 13, 2024

Everything changes when you share ownership of your community

“Every time we build connected communities like ours, we are taking away the horrible stereotypes of trailer parks and trailer people,” says Winiewicz. “We are changing perceptions so that people realize that in manufactured home communities, we are good people and can build thriving communities.”

October 30, 2024

To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks

Lawmakers increasingly view manufactured homes as one key to easing the housing affordability crisis.

October 30, 2024

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Land ownership is a major driver of economic equity. ROC USA’s “Better Together” approach is centered on empowering homeowners to purchase and democratically govern their communities. Working in partnership with ROC USA Capital, ROC Association, our network affiliates, philanthropic organizations, financial institutions and state and local governments, ROC USA promotes asset development and wealth creation in low- and moderate-income communities.

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Make a meaningful difference in a Resident Owned Community by supporting ROC USA. Help us create new ROCs and support existing ROCs from coast to coast. Together, we can create lasting impact and brighter futures.

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