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ROC USA goes global in Financial Times

Financial Times Reporter Rana Foroohar reports on life at resident-owned Clackamas River Community Cooperative in Oregon and how it compares to an adjacent investor-owned community.

Emily Thaden takes the helm as ROC USA President

CONCORD, N.H. – Emily Thaden, a national advocate for affordable homeownership, succeeds Paul Bradley, who launched ROC USA in 2008. The two will work together through a six-month transition period, with Thaden serving as President and Bradley as CEO

$4.4M awarded to Mass. manufactured-home community for new water system

Carver, Mass. — Pine Tree Village, a community of 185 manufactured homes, will receive $4.4 million through the state’s Affordable Housing Development Grant to replace its aging water infrastructure, allowing residents to have safe and reliable drinking water.

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Professional vendors can support successful operations to create and maintain sustainable and affordable communities, and ROC USA is launching a five-week Ask the Experts series to show how.

Cutting out this phrase from a half-century-old law would save homebuyers $175,000 and help tackle the housing crisis, economists say

The U.S. housing market crisis has been marked by tight inventory and high prices, but two economists pointed to a source of affordable homes that could be unlocked by amending a federal law from 1974.

Dubuque plans to buy two mobile home parks to ease tenants’ rent burden

Terrible road infrastructure, water leaks, overcharging for water leaks and consistent rent hikes are why tenants of two Dubuque mobile home parks are encouraging the city to follow through on its plan to buy the parks, according to city officials.

ROC Association’s Secret Sauce

BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. – Becoming a new ROC can be intimidating at first. There’s an anxious feeling of the unknown and the inevitable collective question always arises: “Can we really buy our neighborhood and run it together?”

Eleven ROCs to share almost $22k in Better Together Grants

Eleven ROCS received the great news this week from the ROC Association Directors that their Better Together Grant applications have been approved. The awards totaled $21,634 in funding to address community improvement projects, including rebranding, Member engagement and development projects.

Maine invests $2.3M in drinking water upgrades for Manufactured Home Communities

Three resident-owned manufactured home communities in Maine, representing 153 homes, received a combined total of $2.3 million in grants and forgivable loans for drinking water infrastructure upgrades, thanks to support from CDI’s WISP program.

Minn. ROC boosting its population to benefit Members

RICHFIELD, Minn. – Bev Adrian, Board President at Woodlawn Terrace Cooperative, understands the importance of infill development, which is why in 2022, the cooperative welcomed seven new homes into the community.

ROC Leader joins ROC USA as Field Operations Manager

CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA is pleased to announce that Dawn Brown has been hired as field operations manager at ROC USA. She will manage all of the pre- and post-purchase technical assistance providers on the ROC USA Direct team, their workloads and be the go-to for the day-to-day needs the ROCs that work with that team.

Juleny Santa Cruz Joins ROC USA as Cooperative Coordinator & Technical Assistance Specialist

CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA is happy to announce that Juleny Santa Cruz has been hired as a cooperative coordinator/technical assistance specialist at ROC USA. Santa Cruz began working for ROC USA as a contractor in October 2023 and was hired full time in April 2024.

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