DENVER — There are only five mobile home parks left in Denver. For many, it’s the only option for affordable housing. These parks are at risk of being bought out by developers and displacing residents. People in Westwood hope … More »
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WBUR: To halt buyout, Wareham residents try to buy the mobile home park where they live
Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks. It’s one of the cheaper places to buy a home. But private investors have been buying up parks in Massachusetts and across the country, threatening to raise fees or close … More »
ROC Association working on Member engagement for all ROCs
The ROC Association is looking at this as a new challenge to revitalize that sense of ownership and pride. I think we are heading in a new and right direction.
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 »
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 »
Montana ROC provides affordable neighborhood amid million-dollar homes of rich and famous
EMIGRANT, Mont. – Homeowners in Golden Age Village are breathing easier this fall knowing that as new landowners, their future in this rural Montana community are considerably more stable and secure. “I feel really grateful that we can call … More »
NCF partners with TSP Architects, develops storm shelter designs
MINNEAPOLIS – Residents of manufactured home cooperatives that are fortunate enough to have a storm shelter understand how essential these structures are, both for ensuring community safety in the event of severe weather but also as an important … More »
Madras (Ore.) mobile home park forms housing co-operative
When Shawn King got a letter in the mail Sept. 15, 2021, that the owners of the mobile home park she lived in was selling the land, she thought the chances of her rent remaining reasonable and remaining … More »
Hideaway Community Becomes 15th ROC in Montana
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. – The homeowners who live in Hideaway Community have bought the community from the previous owner, preserving 29 homes that are affordable to low-income residents. Hideaway Community is now a resident owned community (ROC) meaning … More »
Woodlawn Terrace Becomes 10th ROC in Minnesota
Richfield, Minn. – On December 30th the homeowners of Woodlawn Terrace purchased their 53-site manufactured (“mobile”) home community and become Minnesota’s tenth resident-owned manufactured-home community. The sale to the residents defies a national trend of communities like Woodlawn … More »