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Massachusetts residents join forces to buy their manufactured home park

Residents of manufactured homes in Hinsdale, Massachusetts banded together to buy the 46-acre park under their homes, an amazing success story of how residents can cooperate to preserve and own affordable homes in our communities. This news comes at a time when housing prices have skyrocketed and the need for affordable housing is dire. Bissellville

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New laws protect manufactured home communities in Maine, Connecticut

New laws passed make selling a manufactured housing community to residents easy and advantageous for sellers, residents, and the community! Rising interest rates, in-migration, and low housing supply have made owning a home increasingly unaffordable in New England. A large part of the solution is preserving existing affordable homes. New laws took effect in Maine and Connecticut (ME:

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Watch: Ward Lumber’s Conversion to a Worker Cooperative

Too many small business owners don’t have a realistic plan for how to exit their business, earn a decent retirement income, and preserve the legacy they’ve built and the jobs they’ve created. Jay Ward was like many of those small business owners—he was nearing retirement and didn’t know what to do with the business that

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O’Donal’s Nursery is Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative!

O’Donal’s Nursery is always busy during the harvest season, but there has been an extra buzz this year. This season marks the garden center’s first as Maine’s newest worker-owned cooperative. O’Donals is widely known and regarded by gardeners, homeowners, and landscapers throughout northern New England. Founded in 1953 by Royce and Selma O’Donal, Jeffrey O’Donal

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