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What happened to housing co-ops? In the 1980s and early 1990s, housing cooperatives popped up in cities across the nation. Private and public funding was invested in these shared housing projects. Three decades later, where are they now? A new
![Job Posting: Cooperative Housing Specialist, MA [Position filled]](https://cdi.coop/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Group-photo-picnic-tables-MA-ROC-Strong-750x350.jpg "Job Posting: Cooperative Housing Specialist, MA [Position filled]")
CDI is seeking a great organizer and coach with a head for business to join our Massachusetts NEROC team, working with groups of homeowners to form and strengthen their resident-owned communities. Check out our full job description here. The position
[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] August 26, 2022 US Senate Could Make a Huge Difference in Housing Crisis by Voting to Fund PRICE Manufactured Housing Program Manufactured housing is America’s largest source of unsubsidized affordable housing. Last month the House Appropriations Committee
![[In the News] New England ROCs make headlines this week.](https://cdi.coop/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Glen-Russell_VT-Digger-610x350.jpeg "[In the News] New England ROCs make headlines this week.")
It’s been a big week for the New England Resident Owned Communities program, with multiple stories about communities in Massachusetts and Vermont hitting the press. Check them out below! Massachusetts “On Cape Cod, a band of mobile home owners
[For Immediate Release] July 29, 2022 [Wareham, Massachusetts] – On July 28, Carol Carver went from leasing the land under her manufactured home to being the co-owner of a multi-million dollar piece of real-estate. Two years ago, Ms. Carver’s landlord
For Immediate Release Contacts: James St. Pierre, Board President, North Street Association, (978) 317-8780 Joe Cicirelli, Program Director, CDI (413) 665-1271 (ext. 6) Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2791 Danvers, Massachusetts –
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: July 1, 2021 Contacts: Micha Josephy Executive Director Cooperative Fund of New England (617) 910-8065 Rob Brown Director, Business Ownership Solutions Cooperative Development Institute (207) 233-2987 The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) and the Cooperative
For Immediate Release June 29, 2021 Contact: Margaret Miley – Director, Cooperative Business Services mmiley@cdi.coop 978-973-1200 To celebrate National Home Ownership Month, the Cooperative Development Institute (CDI) released its report– Cooperative Housing Solutions for Massachusetts’ Affordable Housing Crisis.
Do you dig democratic decision making? Enjoy infrastructure projects? Relish training? Frolic with finances? Love people in all their power and complexity? Then have we got a job for you! Affordable, safe and secure housing seems more elusive than ever,
Massachusetts On March 16th & 17th, the Another World is Here: Worker Co-ops and the Solidarity Economy conference was held in Worcester, Massachusetts. This statewide convening focused on the advancement of a worker ownership movement as well as the broader