{"id":45,"date":"2013-06-21T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.bbyrne.cshp.co\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:57:07","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"has-main-image is-style-overlap-content wp-block-pulp-hero\">\n    <div class=\"container-large\">\n                    <picture class=\"main-img\">\n                <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/img\/2024\/04\/hero-1-lg.jpg?fm=webp&#038;w=1410&#038;h=700&#038;s=82f2ee8722d74a53a87daca48424fced\">\n                <img fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"\/img\/2024\/04\/hero-1-lg.jpg?fm=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;w=450&#038;h=450&#038;s=e00f4d9eefdad78ff92e81a77c5ccb7a\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" \/>            <\/picture>\n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                            <figure class=\"secondary-img\">\n                    <img src=\"\/img\/2024\/04\/general-1.jpg?fm=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;w=450&#038;h=450&#038;s=cb0099dc194b7a59bc5cf79882f2435b\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" \/>                <\/figure>\n                        <div class=\"body\">\n                \n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-accent\">Empowering communities \u2014 building a brighter future<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>At ROC USA, we empower manufactured home communities nationwide through cooperative resident ownership. Our integrated financing and technical assistance model ensures homeowners and their communities thrive under resident ownership and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our focus on affordability, sustainability, and resident empowerment drives our mission to create stable, resilient neighborhoods where everyone has a voice and a stake in their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/about-roc-usa\/\">Explore Our Work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-article-carousel is-style-align-center wp-block-pulp-columns\">\n    <div class=\"container-large\" style=\"--column-count: 2\">\n        <div class=\"grid stacked\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img src=\"\/img\/2024\/04\/general-2-1.jpg?fm=webp&w=690&h=690&s=369893ba829a4d123d20a0b79a6c46b7\" width=\"690\" height=\"690\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-article-carousel wp-block-pulp-column has-background has-blue-2-background-color\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-article-carousel\">\n    <div class=\"slider-feature\">\n        <div class=\"slider-pagination\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n            \n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-pulp-article-carousel-item\">\n    \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manufactured housing matters because housing matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing costs are outpacing incomes. It\u2019s more important than ever to make sure that good places to live are within reach of lower-income families. Resident Owned Communities are a secure, stable piece of the affordable housing solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-pulp-article-carousel-item\">\n    \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Most manufactured home communities are investor owned<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Owning a home on rented land leaves homeowners vulnerable to loss of housing affordability, health and safety threats when community infrastructure is disinvested in, and displacement when communities are closed for change of land use.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-pulp-article-carousel-item\">\n    \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Every community deserves resources to promote health, safety, and success<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are Better Together. We are stronger together. When homeowners buy their community and partner with ROC USA, they can make decisions about their community democratically and decide how to make investments and improvements in community infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"slider-arrows\">\n            <button class=\"slider-btn slider-prev\" aria-label=\"Previous\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.06 15.06a1.5 1.5 0 0 1-2.12 0l-6-6a1.5 1.5 0 0 1 0-2.12l6-6a1.5 1.5 0 1 1 2.12 2.12L4.122 8l4.94 4.94a1.5 1.5 0 0 1 0 2.12Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n            <button class=\"slider-btn slider-next\" aria-label=\"Next\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M.94.94a1.5 1.5 0 0 1 2.12 0l6 6a1.5 1.5 0 0 1 0 2.12l-6 6a1.5 1.5 0 0 1-2.12-2.12L5.878 8 .939 3.06a1.5 1.5 0 0 1 0-2.12Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-roc-bg is-style-global-bg is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide is-style-accent\">What others say: ROCs provide Stability, Affordability, Control and Legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"is-style-align-top wp-block-pulp-columns\">\n    <div class=\"container-large\" style=\"--column-count: 4\">\n        <div class=\"grid stacked\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-link-card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/roc-usa-helps-homeowners-preserve-affordability-and-long-term-stability\/\" class=\"inner\">\n                                <blockquote>Manufactured housing is no longer about mobility \u2026 but about affordability.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n                                            <strong class=\"btn btn-secondary\">Hear from Homeowners<\/strong>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-link-card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/why-resident-ownership\/#different\" class=\"inner\">\n                                <blockquote>We can govern the kinds of things that someone else has governed all our lives.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n                                            <strong class=\"btn btn-secondary\">Learn how ROCs are Different<\/strong>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-link-card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/sell-your-community\/\" class=\"inner\">\n                                <blockquote>It\u2019s just a way to feel good about closing the transaction out in a way that is ethical.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n                                            <strong class=\"btn btn-secondary\">Hear from a Seller<\/strong>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-link-card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/get-involved\/\" class=\"inner\">\n                                <blockquote>We\u2019ve shown that ROCs stabilize rents and give homeowners peace of mind. The time for urgency is now.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n                                            <strong class=\"btn btn-secondary\">Get Involved<\/strong>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"is-style-align-center wp-block-pulp-columns\">\n    <div class=\"container-large\" style=\"--column-count: 2\">\n        <div class=\"grid stacked\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img src=\"\/img\/2024\/04\/general-3.jpg?fm=webp&w=690&h=690&s=29fb8759e9f985e705a016eb6fb7661a\" width=\"690\" height=\"690\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>ROC USA plays a critical role in stabilizing housing costs for homeowners in manufactured housing communities in many states across the country. You are a leader in the nation and we will hold you up as a model to others.<\/p><cite><strong>Marion McFadden<br><\/strong>Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);\" class=\"is-style-align-center wp-block-pulp-columns\">\n    <div class=\"container-large\" style=\"--column-count: 2\">\n        <div class=\"grid stacked\">\n            \n<div class=\"is-style-square wp-block-pulp-column has-background has-blue-background-color\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-accent has-h-1-font-size\">What is a ROC?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A resident owned community is a neighborhood of manufactured homes owned by a cooperative of homeowners who live there as opposed to an outside investor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/why-resident-ownership\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"is-style-square wp-block-pulp-column has-background has-red-background-color\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-accent has-h-1-font-size\">The Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>ROC USA empowers residents by facilitating the transformation of investor-owned manufactured home communities into resident-owned cooperatives, fostering housing stability, pride and economic security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/our-impact\/\">Explore our Impact<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    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class=\"has-h-5-font-size\">\n            ROC USA and 18 Affordable Housing Organizations Sign Joint Letter to House of Representatives Leadership in Support of PRICE Act                    <\/h3>\n        <p>Now is a critical time for the future of the PRICE program in Congress.&nbsp; ROC USA and 18 national and<span class=\"more\"> &hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">March 27, 2026<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/policy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Policy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                            <div class=\"post-card\">\n    <a 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affordable<span class=\"more\"> &hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">October 10, 2025<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                            <div class=\"post-card\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/accelerating-our-mission-announcing-the-47m-national-acquisition-pool\/\" class=\"body\" target=\"\">\n                    <figure>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/fallbacks\/blog.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <h3 class=\"has-h-5-font-size\">\n            Accelerating Our Mission: Announcing the $47M National Acquisition Pool                    <\/h3>\n        <p>ROC USA is proud to announce a new $47 million National Acquisition Loan Pool that will catalyze the expansion of<span class=\"more\"> &hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">July 30, 2025<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                            <div class=\"post-card\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/roc-usa-proudly-endorses-bipartisan-road-to-housing-act-of-2025\/\" class=\"body\" target=\"\">\n                    <figure>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/fallbacks\/blog.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            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target=\"\">\n                    <figure>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/fallbacks\/blog.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <h3 class=\"has-h-5-font-size\">\n            ROC USA Joins Bipartisan Defense of CDFI Fund                    <\/h3>\n        <p>In response to a March 14th Executive Order aiming to eliminate any non-statutory functions of the U.S. Treasury\u2019s Community Development<span class=\"more\"> &hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">April 2, 2025<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                            <div class=\"post-card\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/roc-association-announces-2025-better-together-grants\/\" class=\"body\" target=\"\">\n                    <figure>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/2017\/07\/ROC-Association-Logo-WEB.jpg?fm=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;w=450&#038;h=330&#038;s=53bb0210af5e11e38ac6d85c473f787d\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <h3 class=\"has-h-5-font-size\">\n            ROC Association announces 2025 Better Together Grants                    <\/h3>\n        <p>The ROC Association is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for 2025 Better Together Grants from March 17 through May 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">February 28, 2025<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-association-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC Association News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                            <div class=\"post-card\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/manufactured-home-owners-are-reimagining-stable-housing-as-local-communities-face-untenable-rent-increases\/\" class=\"body\" target=\"\">\n                    <figure>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-20-112318.png?fm=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;w=450&#038;h=330&#038;s=9ce1175236df5b62fe8a033f674fddd3\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <h3 class=\"has-h-5-font-size\">\n            Manufactured home owners are reimagining stable housing as local communities face untenable rent increases                    <\/h3>\n        <p>&#8220;In commercial banking, they talk a lot about &#8216;We want to help with affordable housing, so let&#8217;s build apartment complexes,&#8217;&#8221; says Tina McKinstry, a member of Takesa Village, a resident-owned mobile home park in Mead. &#8220;You&#8217;re making a landlord rich. You&#8217;re not making the people rich. With [co-ops], you&#8217;re making the people rich.&#8221;<\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">February 20, 2025<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                            <div class=\"post-card\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/autumn-tigart-joins-roc-usa-as-senior-advisor-for-governance-and-business\/\" class=\"body\" target=\"\">\n                    <figure>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/img\/2025\/02\/Tigart-Autumn-1.jpg?fm=webp&#038;fit=crop&#038;w=450&#038;h=330&#038;s=d002410fcd9c0fc5ccc81a42d69ce312\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"330\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <h3 class=\"has-h-5-font-size\">\n            Autumn Tigart joins ROC USA as senior advisor for governance and business                    <\/h3>\n        <p>Autumn brings extensive experience supporting Resident Owned Communities, having previously served as a ROC program specialist with NeighborWorks Montana. <\/p>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"footer\">\n        <span class=\"text-small\">February 19, 2025<\/span>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rocusa.org\/blog\/category\/roc-usa-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">ROC USA News<\/a>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;\" class=\"is-style-align-center wp-block-pulp-columns\">\n    <div class=\"container-large\" style=\"--column-count: 2\">\n        <div class=\"grid stacked\">\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img src=\"\/img\/2024\/04\/general-4.jpg?fm=webp&w=690&h=690&s=099b39304a62d44b521b449d931108ba\" width=\"690\" height=\"690\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pulp-column has-background has-blue-2-background-color\">\n    <div class=\"body\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-accent has-h-1-font-size\">Partner With Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Land ownership is a major driver of economic equity. ROC USA\u2019s &#8220;Better Together&#8221; approach is centered on empowering homeowners to purchase and democratically govern their communities. 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