To Fight Rising Rent, Fresno Residents Bought Their Community

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By April Myers March 5, 2024

After years of fighting rising rents, a group of mostly Oaxacan farmworkers in Fresno County have done the seemingly impossible: purchased their mobile home park from its corporate landlord.

The group officially closed escrow on the park Thursday.

Virginia’s First Resident-Owned Manufactured Home Community Established In Buena Vista

Crestview Cooperative Secures Ownership of 71-Lot Community for $3.95 Million Buena Vista, Va. — In a landmark achievement for affordable …

Accelerating Our Mission: Announcing the $47M National Acquisition Pool

ROC USA is proud to announce a new $47 million National Acquisition Loan Pool that will catalyze the expansion of …

ROC USA Proudly Endorses Bipartisan Road to Housing Act of 2025

On July 24, 2025, the Senate Banking Committee announced the bipartisan Road to Housing Act of 2025, which the Committee …

ROC USA Joins Bipartisan Defense of CDFI Fund

In response to a March 14th Executive Order aiming to eliminate any non-statutory functions of the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development …

ROC Association announces 2025 Better Together Grants

The ROC Association is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for 2025 Better Together Grants from March 17 through May 4.

Manufactured home owners are reimagining stable housing as local communities face untenable rent increases

“In commercial banking, they talk a lot about ‘We want to help with affordable housing, so let’s build apartment complexes,'” says Tina McKinstry, a member of Takesa Village, a resident-owned mobile home park in Mead. “You’re making a landlord rich. You’re not making the people rich. With [co-ops], you’re making the people rich.”

Autumn Tigart joins ROC USA as senior advisor for governance and business

Autumn brings extensive experience supporting Resident Owned Communities, having previously served as a ROC program specialist with NeighborWorks Montana.

CDI helps Cedar Falls become Maine’s 12th ROC

With the help of Cooperative Development Institute and public and private funding, homeowners at Cedar Falls Resident Cooperative purchase their community for $8 million.

Asha Rao joins ROC USA Capital as deputy director

The former LISC leader will focus on loan origination and management, loan product development, and supporting the management and culture creation for the ROC USA Capital team.

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