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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.
Emily Thaden takes the helm as ROC USA President
CONCORD, N.H. – Emily Thaden, a national advocate for affordable homeownership, succeeds Paul Bradley, who launched ROC USA in 2008. The two will work together through a six-month transition period, with Thaden serving as President and Bradley as CEO
Bill proposes Tax Incentives for Selling Manufactured Home Communities to Residents
CONCORD, N.H. – ROC USA, the national leader in resident ownership of manufactured home communities, is pleased to announce and support the introduction of the Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH).
$4.4M awarded to Mass. manufactured-home community for new water system
Carver, Mass. — Pine Tree Village, a community of 185 manufactured homes, will receive $4.4 million through the state’s Affordable Housing Development Grant to replace its aging water infrastructure, allowing residents to have safe and reliable drinking water.
Kiernan Gorton joins ROC USA as Cooperative Coordinator: Technical Assistance Specialist
CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA is pleased to announce that Kiernan Gorton has been hired as a Cooperative Coordinator: Technical Assistance Specialist. Gorton will serve as Technical Assistance Provider to ROCs in New York as part of the ROC USA Direct team.
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