GOLDEN, Colo. — When Contact Denver7 last checked in with the residents at the Golden Hills Mobile Home Park, they were taking matters into their own hands and buying back the park from an out-of-state company.
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Homeowners purchase Colorado community for $7 million with help from City of Golden, Thistle and ROC USA Capital’s Innovative Funding Pool
Golden Hills Community Cooperative is ROC USA’s 312th resident owned community GOLDEN, Colo.– If you would have told Golden Hills Community Cooperative Board Treasurer Art Erwin earlier this year that his community would be resident owned, he would … More »
Investors are buying mobile home parks. Residents and governments are pushing back.
In 2021, a California-based investor group purchased Golden Hill Mobile Home Park in Golden, Colorado, a small city just outside Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Connecticut and Maine Pass OTP Legislation
In the last couple of weeks, Opportunity to Purchase (OTP) laws were passed in Connecticut and Maine, and now all six New England states have laws on the books that empower homeowners in manufactured home communities with advanced … More »
Affiliates putting Wells Fargo grant funds toward capacity building
CONCORD, N.H. – Last fall, ROC USA® was awarded $600,000 from Wells Fargo to fund innovation in market development and the expansion of resident ownership in manufactured home communities nationwide. ROC USA received $300,000 last year and will … More »
When it comes to weatherization, together is better
Washington ROC Members reaped rewards of neighborhood-wide effort MEAD, Wash. – When an organized ROC with strong leadership collaborates with a local nonprofit and utility company working to help communities have safer and stronger homes, magic really can … More »
104 Oregon families have new peace of mind
23 Beaver State communities now preserved as ROCs LAFAYETTE, Ore. – Hard work, collaboration and a ton of tenacity were key to the community purchase of Pioneer Park Residents Community Cooperative. “It was like a huge weight came off … More »
Morning Star Community in Kalispell, Mont., receives $750K
A resident-owned manufactured home community seeking to hook into Kalispell’s water and sewer system has received a boost from the Montana Coal Endowment Program. The city of Kalispell received $750,000 from the state-funded program on behalf of the … More »
Oregon ROC Members are environmental stewards
Clackamas River Community Co-op is investing in its surroundings thanks to Members’ grant writing Five years ago, Kahlei Howard was drinking her morning coffee and leafing through the newspaper when she saw an opportunity that would eventually lead … More »
Polis Administration, DOLA announce funding for Mobile Home Park Resident Empowerment Program
Governor Polis and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) announced that DOLA’s Division of Housing (DOH), Office of Housing Finance and Sustainability (OHFS) granted more than $28 million to three loan program administrators for the Mobile Home Park … More »