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
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
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
Report Release: An Assessment of Boston’s Housing Cooperatives
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
Advocacy win: PRICE program included in FY 23 spending bill thanks to efforts by CDI, ROC leaders
We are so excited to announce that the Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Fund will be included in the FY 2023 spending bill. Since October 2021, CDI has been coordinating a regional effort to advocate for federal
Vermont ROC leaders make moves with policy makers this fall
by Elise Greaves, New England Resident Owned Communities It was a beautiful fall day, and board members from three Vermont Resident Owned Communities made the most of it. Not by hiking or fishing or raking leaves like you might expect
[Press Release] US Senate Could Make a Huge Difference in Housing Crisis by Voting to Fund PRICE
[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.
![[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
Check out our Year in Review!
As we enter a new fiscal year, we’re taking a moment to share and celebrate the accomplishments of this past one. 2021 was another year of unprecedented change, challenges, creativity, and collaboration. CDI’s Year in Review is a beautiful and
Royal Crest residents purchase their manufactured housing community, securing an affordable and cooperative future
[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