For Immediate Release December 13, 2019 Mountainside Community Celebrates Resident Ownership! Homeowners purchase 52 unit Mountainside Park; preserving affordable housing in Camden – joins nine established Maine Resident Owned Communities. Contacts: Margaret Jone, Vice President, Mountainside Community Board of Directors,
Jo Len Village Successfully Converts to Resident Ownership
For Immediate Release December 11, 2019 Marlborough residents gain lifelong security, affordability after purchasing the Jo-Len Village – now a resident-owned manufactured home community Contacts: Jim Brown, President, Jo-Len Residents Association (508) 310-3265 Joe Cicirelli, Director, NEROC Program, CDI
A Note From our NEW NEROC Director
“By the gap I mean the gap between the hard realities around us and what we know is possible — not because we wish it were so, but because we’ve seen it with our own eyes.” Parker Palmer I’ve been thinking
Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for Winning a GrowSmart Maine Reward!
Projects that can transform a community, from Millinocket to Arundel, were named “outstanding” in this year’s Smart Growth Awards from GrowSmart Maine, at the nonprofit advocacy group’s second annual summit. Congratulations to Charter Oaks Village Cooperative for winning this prestigious award, and to
UPDATE: CDI Seeks a Cooperative Housing Specialist–Northwest/Central VT–position filled
Update: This position is now closed. Thanks to all who applied! We appreciate you! As we continue to grow the New England Resident Owned Communities Program, we are looking for a new team member to join us in Vermont full-time.
Regional Gatherings – NEROC VT
On Saturday, October 5, 2019, the Vermont team of New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) hosted a half-day training for board and co-op members from seven VT ROC communities. Attendees were treated to a legal workshop with Steve Kantor, Esq.,
De-stigmatizing Manufactured Housing Communities
By Jeanee Wright – NEROC Housing Specialist October is Anti-Stigma month. I had no idea of that fact when I was asked to sit on a panel at the 2019 Maine State Housing Authority Conference on Affordable Housing held recently
A Full House with Resident Leadership
On September 14, more than one hundred resident owned community leaders and co-op members gathered from Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the 6th Annual ROC-A-Thon in Kingston, MA at the beautiful community of Town and Country Estates. Those in attendance
NEROC Staff Successfully Enables Massachusetts and Rhode Island Residents to Take Community Ownership
Residents of three manufactured home communities had a lot to celebrate in July as they took ownership of the land beneath their communities, securing affordable housing for their families. On July 24, the residents of Arbor Mobile Home Park and
Growth and Change in NEROC Program: New Housing Director Sought
CDI’s NEROC program has seen unprecedented growth in the past year in terms of staff and communities served, with more rapid growth on the horizon. To best meet the growing demand for resident ownership, longtime director and founder Andy Danforth