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No landlord: Mobile home community finds stability in self-government

DURANGO, COLO. – One sunny, cold morning last January, John Egan joined fellow mobile home park residents on a neighbor’s …

Fundraiser Launched to help Sans Souci Cooperative Recover from Severe Weather

BOULDER, Colo. – Residents of Sans Souci Cooperative community in Boulder, Colorado have been dealt a second blow as they …

Liberty Landing Cooperative Residents Purchase Community to become first ROC in Missouri

Liberty Landing Cooperative Board President Holly Waugh (on left) signs closing documents. Waugh and her neighbors purchased their 185-home manufactured …

NPR: How the government helps investors buy mobile home parks, raise rent and evict people

Money is tight for Mary Hunt. She often has to decide which bills to pay on time — heat, her …

Denver Post: These Colorado mobile home residents tried twice to buy their park. Will the third time be the charm?

GOLDEN – When Ken Erwin first heard about efforts this past summer among his fellow homeowners to purchase their Golden …

ROC USA applauds House passage of Build Back Better Act

Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed Build Back Better Act, a $1.75 trillion economic recovery package that includes great news …

ROC USA Celebrates Resident Owned Communities During National Co-op Month

CONCORD, N.H.—October is National Co-Op Month, and ROC USA is pleased to join the celebration of cooperatives nationwide, including the …

NPR: Why Are Investors Buying Up Mobile Home Parks And Evicting Residents?

For millions, owning a home in a mobile home park is an affordable housing option. But some companies are buying …

Southerly Magazine: N.C. mobile home park residents forced to uproot their home, lives during eviction crisis

For more than half of his life, 38-year-old Santos Sevilla has lived in Wellington Park, a neighborhood of mobile homes …

Brookside Residents Association Featured in NPR Planet Money Episode

CONCORD, N.H. – Last July, the 69 households of the then-Brookside Village manufactured home community in Plainville, Mass. banded together …

Planet Money: Mobile Home Parked

Mobile homes account for a lot of affordable housing. They can cost less than half of what other homes go …

The News & Observer: Residents turn to congressman after hedge fund buys this NC mobile home park

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Residents of a mobile home park outside Chapel Hill got a visit Tuesday night from a …

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