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 on October 1st. The stigma of living in manufactured housing is a personal one for
Our Executive Director, Noemi Giszpenc, reflects on the 2019 Cooperative Impact Conference My colleagues were buzzing with excitement at the choice of plenary keynote for the Cooperative Impact Conference at the beginning of October–Felicia Wong of the Roosevelt Institute was sure to deliver a zinger. And she did, calmly laying out item by item how
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 represented fifteen ROC communities and three currently pursuing conversion and resident ownership. Echoing previous years,
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 Heritage manufactured home communities located in Westfield, MA, and the residents of Lincoln Mobile Estates
You don’t have to dig deep to find startling statistics about the state of mass incarceration in the US. The issues run deep, have been around for hundreds of years, and the system is rotten no matter which way you look at it. Outside of a small number of successful programs and initiatives, we are
This summer, BOS program director Rob Brown spent a week in New York’s North Country region presenting at a series of events organized by the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA). ANCA is an independent non-profit organization working to build dynamic local economies that sustain thriving communities in Northern New York since 1955. Carolyn Edsell Vetter,
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 has decided to move into a position focused on supporting the acquisition and financing process
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, but the New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) program at CDI has (at last count
Affordable housing is crucial for people to lead stable, productive lives and stay out of poverty. If you are passionate about preserving affordable housing in Vermont, great with people, a good trainer, and committed to building democratic ownership, then get in touch with us. The New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) program wants you! Take a look at our
