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HUD Grants ROC USA $38.1M to strengthen ROCs
ROC USA has secured $38.1 million in federal PRICE funding to strengthen and preserve resident-owned manufactured home communities, marking a historic investment in housing stability and resilience.
Margaret Jones will serve on Boards of ROC USA and ROC Association
Margaret Jones, Board President at Mountainside Community Cooperative in Camden, Maine, was voted to represent the New England Region of the ROC Association Board of Directors. She will succeed Deb Winiewicz, past president at Halifax Estates in Halifax, Massachusetts.
Amid ‘a national crisis,’ one Virginia city came together to assist mobile home owners
He advises residents to seek out non-profit organizations that assist with affordable housing and to attempt to work with local government officials. He mentioned Resident Owned Communities (ROC USA) as an invaluable resource that should be contacted immediately.
ROC USA adds housing policy leader to senior team
With extensive experience in preserving affordable housing, Laura Abernathy will shape public policies that foster sustainable, resident-owned communities as ROC USA’s new Senior Vice President of Policy and Partnerships.
NeighborWorks Montana is playing a critical role in supporting families evicted from a privately-owned Montana manufactured home community
To help ease the financial burden of relocating, statewide affordable housing organization NeighborWorks Montana, partnering with the Whitefish Community Foundation, created an assistance fund that raised about $165,000.
Massachusetts mobile park residents celebrate Appeals Court decision
Residents of a Cape Cod mobile home park are declaring victory after a court decision about who can buy their park.
Residents in Parkland form cooperative to purchase their mobile home park
Olga Dor Court Mobile Home Park is the sixth resident-owned cooperative community in Pierce County and the first to receive acquisition loan funds from the PCCDC.
ROC USA Welcomes Elizabeth Pietrzak as VP of Operations
ROC USA has hired Elizabeth Pietrzak, whose background includes a proven track record of success in scaling operations, as VP of Operations.
Raza Development Fund executive joins ROC USA board
Melissa McDonald of Raza Development Fund has joined the ROC USA Board of Directors.
Everything changes when you share ownership of your community
“Every time we build connected communities like ours, we are taking away the horrible stereotypes of trailer parks and trailer people,” says Winiewicz. “We are changing perceptions so that people realize that in manufactured home communities, we are good people and can build thriving communities.”
To save affordable housing, states promote resident-owned mobile home parks
Lawmakers increasingly view manufactured homes as one key to easing the housing affordability crisis.
Missoula manufactured home park residents purchase community to preserve affordable housing
NeighborWorks Montana helped the Old Hellgate Village residents form a cooperative and buy the 34-home park.
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