housing cooperatives

Residents of Wheel Estates Tenants' Association in North Adams, MA celebrate the purchase of their 200-unit community on May 1st, 2013.

Job posting: Western MA Housing Program Specialist

Calling all talented community organizers, group process whisperers, real estate geeks, and terrific trainers! The New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) program is seeking an outstanding addition to our stellar team. Take a look at our job description and if it speaks to you, speak to us! Interested candidates should call 877-632-6677 (877-NE COOPS) for application instructions.

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Heritage Residents purchased their neighborhood

For Immediate Release April 13, 2018 Heritage Association, Inc. Warren Manufactured Home Community Homeowners Purchased Their Neighborhood, Ready to ‘Flourish’ Contacts:        Dave Adams, President, Heritage Association, (413) 436-8245 Andy Danforth, Director, NEROC Program, CDI (401) 439-9795 Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA, LLC (603) 513-2818 WARREN, Mass. — After learning about what it means to be

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What are the types of housing co-ops and other shared housing models?

Meet Cathy, the Cooperative Development Institute’s new answerwoman! She can take on any co-op questions you might have, big or small. Today we ask: what are the types of housing co-ops and other shared housing models? See all of Cathy’s answers and ask your own on her home page. Shared living space and shared economic

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For Immediate Release: Two Massachusetts Communities Become Resident-Owned Co-ops In A Single Day

  For Immediate Release 6/5/2014 Contact: Maureen Carroll, Cooperative Development Institute, Cooperative Development Specialist, 413-665-1271 (ext. 16), mcarroll@cdi.coop Two Massachusetts Communities Become Resident-Owned Co-ops In A Single Day Residents are using the democratic ownership and governance model to take control over issues of health and rent Middleborough and Lakeville, MA: Home-owners in two 55-and-older, back-to-back

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In these housing communities, seniors aren’t just retiring. They’re running the show.

Below is an inspiring video montage of senior citizens from various resident-owned-communities. Initially, these seniors might have simply been looking forward to a quiet retirement. But in these democratically owned and run co-op communities, they instead found themselves participating in decision making, improving their communities, and looking out for each other – and loving it!

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