ROC USA President Paul Bradley appeared in an interview with anchor Chance Seales where they discussed cooperatives, the process of communities purchasing the land under their homes and the generational advantages to resident ownership.
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Facing rising rents, mobile home park residents are buying their land
John Egan, Mountain West ROC Association Director and Animas View MHP Co-op Member, was featured in a Scripps News report on January 27 about residents purchasing their communities. Animas View MHP Co-op appears in the second half of this … More »
PRICE is right for ROCs
Bipartisan program could deliver millions in infrastructure and acquisition funding to resident owned communities WASHINGTON, D.C. – A $225 million new program to invest in manufactured home communities across the country has been approved by Congress and … More »
Shared Equity expert joins ROC USA® Board
CONCORD, N.H. – Jenee Gaynor of NeighborWorks America has joined the ROC USA ® Board of Directors. Gaynor, Director of Shared Equity Housing for NeighborWorks America, has spent her career working in the shared equity housing space, building … 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 »
Commentary: Sen. Collins must support grant program for manufactured housing communities
Margaret Jones, president of the board of directors at Mountainside Community Co-op in Camden, Maine, authors a guest commentary piece urging her elected leader to support the PRICE program. She writes: PRICE is a $500 million grant program … 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 »
Pew: Lenders Deny More Than Half of Loan Applications for the Purchase of Manufactured Homes
Manufactured homes, which the Biden administration has described as a “vital source of affordable housing,” make up about 10% of new single-family home starts in the U.S. annually. These modern versions of mobile homes are built to robust … More »
Opinion: Mobile Homes Are Overlooked as a Way to Quickly Expand Affordable Senior Housing
There will be nearly 1 million people over the age of 60 living in San Diego County in just 12 years so the dire need for affordable senior housing cannot be overstated. One of the most efficient — … More »
Denver mobile home park could turn into a co-op
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 »