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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.
Vermont community takes on $2M septic crisis with the help of CDI’s WISP Program
In 2019, shortly after the residents of Sunset Lake Cooperative purchased their community, they noticed an odor coming from their land – and not a pleasant one.
ROC Leaders, ROC USA President talk ROCs on prominent webinar
Nonprofit Quarterly and Shelterforce put spotlight on the growing movement of cooperative ownership transforming affordable housing in manufactured home communities.
Pennsylvania homeowners buy their community with support from state funds
With $750,000 in state funding and financing from ROC USA, the residents of Royal Oaks Cooperative in Bath, Pa., secure ownership of their 33-home community for $2.95M.
Maine Governor joins Blueberry Fields Co-op’s We Own It! celebration
Blueberry Fields Cooperative is the first to benefit from Maine’s new opportunity to purchase legislation, signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills last year.
Residents of a Mobile Home Park Join Forces to Buy Their Community
The residents are the first in the state of Maine to successfully utilize a new law making it easier for them to compete with investors and gain ownership of the land their homes sit on.
Residents in Idaho purchase neighborhood from owners
A small community outside Mountain Home has made a move to ensure residents don’t have to leave due to skyrocketing rents.
ROC Association charts bold path forward
The ROC Association gathered last week at its annual meeting to refine a vision to streamline the organization to more effectively serve the 331 Member ROCs in 21 states it represents.
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Brookfield Meadows is 330th ROC
Brookfield, MA — The residents of Brookfield Meadows, a 55+ community with 61 homes, have organized together to purchase their manufactured home park for $3.9 million, making them the newest resident-owned cooperative community in Massachusetts.
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