Let's solve our communities' most pressing issues together.
- Housing Crisis
- Climate Change
- Aging Population
- Food Insecurity
- Wealth Gap
- Cultural Divide
Help us scale our impact
Preserving affordable housing one community at a time
CDI’s New England Resident-Owned Communities (NEROC) Program helps manufactured home owners cooperatively purchase and democratically manage their communities, preserving affordable homes across the region.
Preserving businesses and jobs by helping owners plan for their future
Worker ownership is a proven strategy for helping business owners retire well while helping to build wealth opportunities for workers. We work with business owners and their employees to think through whether conversion to worker ownership is feasible and could meet their needs.
Meeting our communities’ needs through creative business models
We’re working to transform Northeast economies from the ground up, driven by people who live right here in our own communities. We support startups and established cooperatives to meet their needs through technical assistance and training.
Join us in celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives!
With cooperatives being in the global spotlight this year, this is a pivotal time to raise public awareness about the power of cooperatives to shape and strengthen local economies and solve unique problems affecting our communities. Join us in lifting up the stories of cooperatives that help make the Northeast a better place to live and work.
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Who we serve
Residents and owners of manufactured-home communities
Business owners
Start-ups
Established cooperatives
Immigrants
