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200 and Counting!
On April 26 the residents of Town & Country Estates in Kingston, Ma. became the 200th ROC. I was …
A simple question yields terrific answer
Last week I heard from an old colleague on LinkedIn. She asked how I and ROC USA® were doing. I …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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