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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.
Walking the Talk: How Morning Strolls Sparked Volunteerism at The Woods Cooperative
It’s important for community volunteers to keep track of their volunteer hours because the time investment can often be matched monetarily by grant donations.
Ryan Valdez joins ROC USA as Acquisitions Associate
ROC USA welcomes Ryan Valdez as an acquisitions associate. Valdez brings experience in multifamily and manufactured housing, and will enhance pipeline generation and department processes.
Derry Oak Village: NHCLF’s 150th ROC
Derry Oak Village is New Hampshire’s 150th ROC. Residents purchased the community on June 18, 2024 for $1.7 million, financed by New Hampshire Community Loan Fund.
ROCKET-Fueled: Butch Johnson’s journey of lifelong learning
Vermont ROC Member credits ROC USA’s education platform with fueling passion to track down vital grant opportunities that he then shares with neighbors.
Manufactured housing was an affordable homeownership option. Now, investor-owned parks are pricing residents out
At the end of the month, Edmund McGahey plans to load up his U-Haul with the American flag neatly rolled behind his front door, take his wind chimes down from his front porch, and leave for Texas.
Team effort secures needed infrastructure funding for Mountainside community
CAMDEN — Teamwork involving the town planning office, local community leaders and help from state and federal agencies has secured about $2.3 million in much-needed infrastructure funding for the Mountainside Community Co-Op.
Idaho community purchase ‘relieved so much pressure’
MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho – Hamilton Place has been Board President Barry Shanahan’s home for five years. The manufactured home community is in quiet, suburban Mountain Home, Idaho, a town of about 15,000.
ROC USA welcomes Allen to human resources role
CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA is pleased to announce that LeTeisha Allen has been hired as a human resources generalist. Allen joins the Operations team, supporting the People Operations Manager with human resources tasks.
ROC USA Selected for Prestigious Housing Venture Lab Accelerator
Terner Labs announced the fifth cohort of entrepreneurs – including ROC USA – selected for the Housing Venture Lab, an accelerator providing wraparound support for bold new ideas to make housing more equitable, accessible, and sustainable.
Massachusetts tool to fight corporate takeovers of mobile home parks under threat
BOURNE, Mass. — The fight over who gets to buy a mobile home park on Cape Cod has grabbed the attention of many in Massachusetts because the outcome of the case could spell trouble for mobile home parks all over the state.
ROC USA goes global in Financial Times
Financial Times Reporter Rana Foroohar reports on life at resident-owned Clackamas River Community Cooperative in Oregon and how it compares to an adjacent investor-owned community.
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