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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. …
January 10, 2017

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 …
January 10, 2017

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 …
January 9, 2017

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 …
January 3, 2017

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 …
December 20, 2016

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 …
December 14, 2016

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 …
December 6, 2016

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 …
December 1, 2016

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 …
November 17, 2016

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 …
November 15, 2016

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 …
November 11, 2016

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 …
November 7, 2016
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