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ROCs, ROCs and more ROCs

ROC USA Network is making quite a statement in theNational Association of Housing Cooperatives most recent newsletter: We are as busy as ever! The recently rebranded Cooperative Housing Quarterly features a section called cooperative development, and the Network … More »

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Great news from Maine

The Bangor Daily News is reporting some welcome news from Vacationland (aka Maine), where Cooperative Development Institute has recently helped two communities become resident owned. Read more here. Sunset Acres Mobile Home Park is a 24-site community in … More »

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Newspaper Article: Resident Ownership Saves Homeowners Money

A California newspaper has written an article comparing two similar manufactured home communities in its coverage area, one a commercially owned park and the other a nearly 20-year-old resident owned community. The paper, the Daily Democrat in Woodland … More »

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RONA debuts at Maine Home Show

AUGUSTA, Maine — The networking group for Maine resident-owned communities hosted an information booth with ROC USA at the Maine Manufactured Home Show this weekend. Resident Owned Neighborhood Association (RONA) of Maine set up at the show to … More »

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Green Acres upgrades mail center

KALISPELL, Mont. — The Members of Green Acres Cooperative made a series of improvements in their ROC this year and are happily sharing the results. The project centered on the mail center of the 32-site resident-owned community (ROC). … More »

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Breakthrough in energy efficiency construction

A U.S. Department of Energy research team has recently developed and tested methods to reduce energy use in manufactured housing and the initial results show that it’s possible to increase energy efficiency by 50% with only nominal construction … More »

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Newest ROC Association Director greets newest ROC Members

CONCORD, N.H. — Kim Capen and Mike Bullard helped the members of Freedom Village Cooperative celebrate becoming the 179th resident-owned community (ROC) to work with ROC USA during an event at Freedom Village’s community building Wednesday night. Freedom … More »