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CTAP educates Mainers about ROCs

Vendors set homes as manufactured housing takes center stage Friday at the Maine Manufactured Home Show in Augusta. AUGUSTA, MAINE …

2 Mass. ROCs protecting those who protect their water & sewer

This might just make your afternoon. Twin Coach and Edgeway, two neighboring ROCs in Massachusetts (literally neighboring in that they …

State agency puts Washington ROC in the news spotlight

A Washington resident-owned community and some of its residents were profiled in the 2016 reports of the Washington State Housing …

I saw transformation yesterday …

Homebuyers in the United States enjoy such low interest rates because most mortgages are not held by your local bank …

Consistent Impact Documented in 2015: Stage set for sustained growth and market expansion

ROC USA®, the nonprofit social venture with a mission of scaling resident-owned communities (ROCs), is demonstrating strong and consistent impact. …

Study shows ROC rents equal or below market rate after 5 years

ROC USA has released the results of its annual impact assessment and they are positive and consistent. “The size of …

NPR piece should be a springboard to spread the word ever further

It has been a wonderful and kind time since the NPR story came out about Park Plaza Cooperative, where I …

Extraordinary Final Week of 2016!

On Dec. 26th and 27th, a two-part story on Manufactured (Mobile) Home Communities ran on National Public Radio. The first …

My vision for affordable housing (It’s more than you’d think!)

I have been working in the affordable housing sector for a few years now and I have lived in an …

Maine ROC event entertains and enlightens

Bill Hodgkins, a board member who lives at Wardtown Cooperative in Freeport, Maine, recently blogged about a training event hosted …

High school honors ROC Member’s WWII service

An 89-year-old World War II veteran and resident of a New York ROC was honored recently by a local high …

The time of my life …

This past year has been a real gift. I stepped back in time with all of the current knowledge and …

Oregon resident-owned community goes online with marketing efforts

Idleyld Park, Ore. – Attracting new homeowners to rural communities poses some challenges, but the Board of Directors of Umpqua …

Texas ROC leaders tout resident-ownership at housing industry convention

AN ANTONIO, TEXAS – Two Members of a Texas resident-owned community were featured on a panel discussion explaining the basics …

New York ROC takes marketing efforts online

GENESEO, N.Y. – The resident owners of a 50-site manufactured home community nestled in the Genesee River Valley are promoting …

Digging into the plans made at CLI

Greetings 2016 CLI grads, can you believe it’s been two weeks? Yes, two weeks ago last night we got a …

Bradley talks ROCs with former Buffalo Wild Wings exec.

Paul Bradley took to the internet airwaves this week to tell the story of manufactured housing cooperatives. Bradley, the founding …

Take a “drive” through two Mass. ROCs

We recently visited two Massachusetts ROCs — Hillcrest in Middleborough and Cranberry Village in Carver. Visit their websites to see …

Safe, clean and neighborly … it’s what we’re all looking for

My mother has purchased a new HUD-code manufactured home – a Marlette multi-section home. She walked into that home on …

Maintaining the positivity of CLI will help our communities

Paul Bradley wrote a wonderful blog about the theme of CLI: Only Neighbors can build Neighborhoods. So true. It was …

Only Neighbors Can Build Neighborhoods

That was the theme for this year’s Community Leadership Institute (CLI). And, it really captures the essence of the CLI …

ROC leaders share CLI photos — and they’re great!

The 2016 Community Leadership Institute wrapped up Sunday in Columbus, Ohio after four days of intense leadership development, learning and …

ROC leaders descend on Ohio

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Not quite 24 hours in, CLI is already a huge success for the 50 resident-owned community leaders …

Look for CLI coverage coming soon to a screen near you

It’s a busy day here in New Hampshire. We’re gearing up for Community Leadership Institute, which starts tomorrow in Columbus, …

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