A new set of policies from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is aimed at supporting residents of manufactured housing as one approach to boosting the affordable housing supply.
manufactured home communities
Shaheen Applauds Action to Advance Programs to Increase Housing Affordability and Support Manufactured Housing Communities
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded new action by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Department of the Treasury that will help Granite Staters access affordable housing and to support … More »
Program poised to fund infrastructure work across New England
Cooperative Development Institute’s WISP program could help ROCs in six states PLYMOUTH, N.H. – When the Board at Pine Gate Cooperative learned of a federal program that could provide enough funding to fix the community’s failing sewer infrastructure, … More »
Governor taps Maine ROC Leader for state oversight panel
CAMDEN, Maine – A ROC leader has been appointed by the governor to serve on the state’s Manufactured Housing Board. Margaret Jones, Board President at Mountainside Community Cooperative in Camden, has been appointed by Gov. Janet Mills. “I … More »
Scaling wide and scaling deep
The work by co-op leaders, the ROC Association Board and its committees, the TA affiliates, and ROC USA teams – along with a multitude of partner organizations – is helping to scale wide and deep and produce results for low- and moderate-income homeowners.
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 »
Maine ROCs illustrate potential impact of PRICE fund to congressional staffers
Three Maine ROCs hosted tours this fall to highlight infrastructure needs and the importance of the PRICE Fund, which would give ROCs access to federal funding to complete costly infrastructure repair projects. Congressional staffers toured Mountainside Community Cooperative … More »
Scholar: Cheap government financing should benefit homeowners not investment firms
An award-winning author, activist, and scholar called out the good work of ROC USA this month during the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Policy, Development and Research Quarterly Update on Institutional Investors in Housing. Esther Sullivan, … 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 »
An exit strategy – and much more
We helped 55 homeowners form a ROC in Centralia, Wash., last Friday. Our loan officer shared the seller’s heartwarming comment following the closing: “It seems strange after 27 years to be finished but we are so happy for … More »