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The battle to keep Colorado’s mobile home parks in local hands

Peter Frombgen tries not to take this for granted. Every morning for 20 years, the former ski bum and bike …

Slack it to me!

Messaging app streamlines Colorado ROC’s communications among Members DURANGO, Colo. – Animas View MHP Cooperative in Durango, Colo., has found …

NH mobile home parks tackle septic, drinking water crises with federal dollars

When the North Country Village Cooperative asked the state last year for help with failing drinking water and wastewater systems, …

Grant to fund study of best use for ROC’s separate apartment building

LIVINGSTON, Mont. — The city was cleared to receive a $47,500 Community Development Block Grant, for which it applied for …

Facing steep rent increases, mobile home residents are organizing

The rolling farm hills and old brick buildings that paint Moscow as a picturesque Northwest college town aren’t what make …

ROC USA President Paul Bradley and Chance Seales of Scripps News Reports discuss resident ownership in manufactured home communities

ROC USA President Paul Bradley appeared in an interview with anchor Chance Seales where they discussed cooperatives, the process of …

Facing rising rents, mobile home park residents are buying their land

John Egan, Mountain West ROC Association Director and Animas View MHP Co-op Member, was featured in a Scripps News report on …

Commentary: Sen. Collins must support grant program for manufactured housing communities

Margaret Jones, president of the board of directors at Mountainside Community Co-op in Camden, Maine, authors a guest commentary piece …

Pew: Lenders Deny More Than Half of Loan Applications for the Purchase of Manufactured Homes

Manufactured homes, which the Biden administration has described as a “vital source of affordable housing,” make up about 10% of …

Opinion: Mobile Homes Are Overlooked as a Way to Quickly Expand Affordable Senior Housing

There will be nearly 1 million people over the age of 60 living in San Diego County in just 12 …

Denver mobile home park could turn into a co-op

DENVER — There are only five mobile home parks left in Denver. For many, it’s the only option for affordable housing. …

WBUR: To halt buyout, Wareham residents try to buy the mobile home park where they live

Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks. It’s one of the cheaper places to buy a home. But private …

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