After about three hours of debate, the Connecticut State Senate passed a bill that aims to offer a remedy to mobile home park residents, who face rising rents. It requires that the mobile home park owner notify residents … More »
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The battle to keep Colorado’s mobile home parks in local hands
Peter Frombgen tries not to take this for granted. Every morning for 20 years, the former ski bum and bike mechanic peers out the window of his mobile home tucked alongside Lincoln Avenue, basking in a full view … More »
10 ROCs pull down grants for community improvements
CONCORD, N.H. — Ten ROCs received great news this week from the ROC Association Directors that their Better Together Grant applications have been approved. The awards totaled $19,100 in funding to address community improvement projects, including rebranding, Member engagement … More »
ROC USA<sup>®</sup> advances in prestigious grant challenge
CONCORD, N.H. – ROC USA® has been announced as a semi-finalist in the second round of the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge led by Enterprise Community Partners with support from Wells Fargo Foundation. Only 10 percent of the more … More »
Slack it to me!
Messaging app streamlines Colorado ROC’s communications among Members DURANGO, Colo. – Animas View MHP Cooperative in Durango, Colo., has found an innovative way to connect its community. Lindie Hunt, Board Treasurer at Animas View, said the community began … More »
NH mobile home parks tackle septic, drinking water crises with federal dollars
When the North Country Village Cooperative asked the state last year for help with failing drinking water and wastewater systems, the manufactured home community was placed at No. 5 on a priority list. Fifty-seven homes occupy the former … More »
Grant to fund study of best use for ROC’s separate apartment building
LIVINGSTON, Mont. — The city was cleared to receive a $47,500 Community Development Block Grant, for which it applied for the grant on behalf of NeighborWorks® Montana. NWMT will use the funds to pay an architect to evaluate … More »
Peer Networking Pays
ROC-to-ROC connections spur revenue ideas When Royal Crest Residents Association became a ROC at the end of July, its Members immediately began thinking about ways to increase revenue without increasing rent. “We had 10 vacant lots, and we … More »
Check your mailbox!
ROC USA’s Community Reporter is headed to every single home in ROCs CONCORD, N.H. — The Spring 2023 edition of ROC USA’s newsletter is out and arriving in the mailboxes of more than 21,500 ROC Members from coast … More »
Facing steep rent increases, mobile home residents are organizing
The rolling farm hills and old brick buildings that paint Moscow as a picturesque Northwest college town aren’t what make it attractive to real estate investors.