ROC USA® has been awarded a $600,000 grant from Wells Fargo that will fund innovation in market development and the expansion of resident ownership in manufactured home communities nationwide. ROC USA received $300,000 this fall and will receive … More »
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Journalist joins ROC USA to expand storytelling breadth
CONCORD, N.H. — Veteran writer April Myers has been hired as the communications associate at ROC USA®. Myers is a longtime full-time and freelance journalist for magazines and newspapers across the country, including National Geographic Kids, The Washington Post … More »
Innovative Funding Pool Enables Low-Income Colorado Homeowners in Mobile Home Parks to Capitalize on 2020 Community Purchase Law
CONCORD, N.H. – Nine organizations have come together to create a financing vehicle that positions homeowners in Colorado manufactured home communities to successfully purchase their neighborhoods when they come up for sale. ROC USA® Capital and Thistle Community … More »
Tenured developer hired to lead Salesforce work
CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA® is pleased to announce that Kelly Strauch has been hired as Salesforce administrator. She joins ROC USA with more than 10 years of experience as a Salesforce administrator and developer at both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. … More »
ROC USA hires tech firm veteran for HR lead
CONCORD, N.H. — ROC USA® is pleased to announce that Antoinette Merchant has been hired as ROC USA’s people operations manager. Merchant joins ROC USA following work as operations manager for a tech firm, building out its human resource … More »
California ROC uses grant to make meetings more inclusive
LITTLE RIVER, Calif. – The Woods Cooperative Association has been busily making improvements since the homeowners purchased their community in December. A 120-home community for adults 55 and over, The Woods’ Board soon turned its focus to improving … More »
VTDIGGER: STEPHEN HAMLIN: SEN. LEAHY NEEDS TO SUPPORT THE PRICE PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES
PRICE is a $500 million grant program specific to resident-owned communities like ours and nonprofit manufactured home communities to support critical infrastructure improvements and resident purchases. The U.S House Appropriations Committee voted to include the PRICE program in … More »
MISSOULIAN: MONTANA MANUFACTURED HOME RESIDENTS FACE EVICTIONS, RISING RENTS, FLOOD THREATS
Although they’re often the most affordable type of housing, trailer homes are a precarious living situation because the owners don’t own the land and can find themselves displaced if an owner decides to sell or redevelop the property.
CONCORD MONITOR: HOMEOWNERS CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF RESIDENT OWNERSHIP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ROC
Looking out for their neighbors to keep the community running smoothly is at the heart of what these community leaders do. They have ideas for a Halloween party, or breakfast for residents on Saturday mornings – anything to … More »
MISSOULIAN: Residents of Missoula community to buy property to prevent displacement
Missoula city council’s housing committee has voted to approve contracts totaling $850,000 to allow Old Hellgate Village mobile home park to become a Resident-Owned Community, or ROC.