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Advocates

May 23, 2024

S4 Episode 4: Deb Winiewicz, On the ROC Association & Community

Deb Winiewicz of Halifax Estates is a highly active Member of her community both locally and nationally and talks about policy efforts by ROC Association and what it means to be a ROC.

March 21, 2024

S4 Episode 3: Public Investment with Rachel Arndt

Rachel Arndt talks about public investment in resident owned communities. Rachel has had first-hand experience with the growing awareness and changing attitudes toward MHCs.

February 15, 2024

S4 Episode 2: State Advocacy with Margaret Jones

Margaret Jones from Mountainside Community Cooperative in Maine will tell you herself how much of an advocate she is for manufactured housing and resident ownership.

August 10, 2023

S3 Episode 6: Infill and Fundraising with Allie Lechner

Allie Lechner was skeptical about her community becoming a co-op. Six years later, she is now on the Board at the flourishing Zumbro Ridge Estates in Minnesota.

June 22, 2023

S3 Episode 5: Resident Ownership with George McCarthy: An Economist’s Perspective

George “Mac” McCarthy, President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, brings to the table a well-informed outlook

March 23, 2023

S3 Episode 2: The History and Future of ROC USA with Andrea Levere

Twenty-two years ago, Andrea Levere met Paul Bradley for the first time, before ROC USA was established. Paul worked at

January 12, 2023

S2 Episode 11: Working Toward Better with ROC Association’s John Egan

When John Egan excused himself from a meeting for a moment as his community was discussing becoming a co-op, he

September 8, 2022

S2 Episode 10: Building a Movement with ROC USA’s Mary O’Hara

When Mary O’Hara joined ROC USA, it was just getting started as a national organization trying to scale the success

August 18, 2022

S2 Episode 9: A Brief History of CDFIs with Michael Swack

You’ve probably heard it before, but the very first Resident Owned Community came about as the result of a graduate

July 27, 2022

S2 Episode 8: Infrastructure, Policy and ROC Association Updates with Board President Marjory Gilsrud

On today’s episode of Ownership Matters, Mike checks in with ROC Association Board President Marjory Gilsrud from Madelia Mobile Village

May 5, 2022

S2 Episode 7: ‘A Decent Home’ with filmmaker Sara Terry

“When housing on the lowest rung of the American Dream is being devoured by the wealthiest of the wealthy, whose

April 7, 2022

S2 Episode 5: The Changing Map of Co-op Development, with Courtney Berner

Earlier this year, Courtney Berner, the Executive Director of the Center for Cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin, wrote an

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