The job and life experience of the Board Members at these two refinancing co-ops are compelling both because of how well-equipped they are to meet the needs of their communities, and because I love that they’ve found safe and secure housing in a ROC!
Massachusetts
Better Together Grant ensures more residents can access Mass. ROC’s office
Developed in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Royal Crest Residents Association is a 55-and-older community of 154 homes that residents purchased in July 2022. Located in West Wareham, Mass., the average age of the residents is mid-70s. The … More »
Purchase brings control and boosts sense of community in new Mass. ROC
HINSDALE, Mass. – A community’s grit and determination along with state legislation that allows residents the opportunity to purchase their manufactured home communities helped secure future homeownership for Bissellville Estates residents at the end of last year. On … More »
WBUR: To halt buyout, Wareham residents try to buy the mobile home park where they live
Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks. It’s one of the cheaper places to buy a home. But private investors have been buying up parks in Massachusetts and across the country, threatening to raise fees or close … More »
North Street Association becomes 27th ROC in Massachusetts
Danvers, Mass. – Long a part of the Danvers landscape but now taking on a new life, the Glen Mobile Home Park, located just off Route 1 at 200 North Street, has been purchased by the homeowners who … More »
Brookside Residents Association Featured in NPR Planet Money Episode
CONCORD, N.H. – Last July, the 69 households of the then-Brookside Village manufactured home community in Plainville, Mass. banded together to purchase the land beneath their homes for just over $3.5 million. They incorporated as Brookside Residents Association … More »
Seeing ROC leaders volunteer time to keep learning is always motivational
I was so happy to attend the Cooperative Development Institute’s leadership training last Saturday at the beautiful West Wood Village in Plymouth, Mass. Representatives from nine ROCs in Mass. were there and most came in small groups. Folks … More »
It’s official! (Or it will be)
Great news! The ROC Association achieved its quorum today. That’s more than a week before the deadline! How ironic, too, that the 35th ballot would come in from Cranberry Village, home to Colleen Preston and one of two … More »