Resources

• Manufactured home owners are reimagining stable housing as local communities face untenable rent increases

  “In commercial banking, they talk a lot about ‘We want to help with affordable housing, so let’s build apartment complexes,’” says Tina McKinstry, a member of Takesa Village, a resident-owned mobile home park in Mead. “You’re making a landlord rich. You’re not making the people rich. With [co-ops], you’re making the people rich.”

• Autumn Tigart joins ROC USA as senior advisor for governance and business

  Autumn brings extensive experience supporting Resident Owned Communities, having previously served as a ROC program specialist with NeighborWorks Montana.

• CDI helps Cedar Falls become Maine’s 12th ROC

  With the help of Cooperative Development Institute and public and private funding, homeowners at Cedar Falls Resident Cooperative purchase their community for $8 million.

• Asha Rao joins ROC USA Capital as deputy director

  The former LISC leader will focus on loan origination and management, loan product development, and supporting the management and culture creation for the ROC USA Capital team.