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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.

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.

Raza Development Fund executive joins ROC USA board

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

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.”

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.

Missoula manufactured home park residents purchase community to preserve affordable housing

NeighborWorks Montana helped the Old Hellgate Village residents form a cooperative and buy the 34-home park.

Vermont community takes on $2M septic crisis with the help of CDI’s WISP Program

In 2019, shortly after the residents of Sunset Lake Cooperative purchased their community, they noticed an odor coming from their land – and not a pleasant one.

We are not trailer trash.

For the past 28 years I have lived in a manufactured home in a mobile home park. For years, there has been a stigma associated with living in the type of community I reside in.

ROC Leaders, ROC USA President talk ROCs on prominent webinar

Nonprofit Quarterly and Shelterforce put spotlight on the growing movement of cooperative ownership transforming affordable housing in manufactured home communities.

Pennsylvania homeowners purchase mobile home park with support from state funds

With $750,000 in state funding and financing from ROC USA, the residents of Royal Oaks Cooperative in Bath, Pa., secure ownership of their 33-home community for $2.95M.

Maine Governor joins Blueberry Fields Co-op’s We Own It! celebration

Blueberry Fields Cooperative is the first to benefit from Maine’s new opportunity to purchase legislation, signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills last year.

Residents of a Mobile Home Park Join Forces to Buy Their Community

The residents are the first in the state of Maine to successfully utilize a new law making it easier for them to compete with investors and gain ownership of the land their homes sit on.

Residents in Idaho purchase neighborhood from owners

A small community outside Mountain Home has made a move to ensure residents don’t have to leave due to skyrocketing rents.

Hot times – hot takes – from Phoenix

For 20 years, ROC USA and I have been heavily involved in the Innovations in Manufactured Housing or I’M HOME network. This is group of innovators and advocates in the HUD-code Manufactured Housing sector.

ROC Association charts bold path forward

The ROC Association gathered last week at its annual meeting to refine a vision to streamline the organization to more effectively serve the 331 Member ROCs in 21 states it represents.

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Discover ROCKET’s free Fall courses for ROC Members, offering leadership skills, peer networking, and self-paced learning.

Brookfield Meadows is 330th ROC

Brookfield, MA — The residents of Brookfield Meadows, a 55+ community with 61 homes, have organized together to purchase their manufactured home park for $3.9 million, making them the newest resident-owned cooperative community in Massachusetts.

Walking the Talk: How Morning Strolls Sparked Volunteerism at The Woods Cooperative

It’s important for community volunteers to keep track of their volunteer hours because the time investment can often be matched monetarily by grant donations.

Ryan Valdez joins ROC USA as Acquisitions Associate

ROC USA welcomes Ryan Valdez as an acquisitions associate. Valdez brings experience in multifamily and manufactured housing, and will enhance pipeline generation and department processes.

Derry Oak Village: NHCLF’s 150th ROC

Derry Oak Village is New Hampshire’s 150th ROC. Residents purchased the community on June 18, 2024 for $1.7 million, financed by New Hampshire Community Loan Fund.

ROCKET-Fueled: Butch Johnson’s journey of lifelong learning

Vermont ROC Member credits ROC USA’s education platform with fueling passion to track down vital grant opportunities that he then shares with neighbors.

Manufactured housing was an affordable homeownership option. Now, investor-owned parks are pricing residents out

At the end of the month, Edmund McGahey plans to load up his U-Haul with the American flag neatly rolled behind his front door, take his wind chimes down from his front porch, and leave for Texas.

Team effort secures needed infrastructure funding for Mountainside community

CAMDEN — Teamwork involving the town planning office, local community leaders and help from state and federal agencies has secured about $2.3 million in much-needed infrastructure funding for the Mountainside Community Co-Op.

Idaho community purchase ‘relieved so much pressure’

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho – Hamilton Place has been Board President Barry Shanahan’s home for five years. The manufactured home community is in quiet, suburban Mountain Home, Idaho, a town of about 15,000.