ROC Northwest is a program of the Northwest Cooperative Development Center focused on building affordable housing through cooperative ownership in Washington and North Idaho using the ROC-USA model.
ROC Northwest partners with owners to sell their MHP investment. Once under contract ROC Northwest supports the residents to incorporate as a limited equity housing cooperative with the sole purpose of purchasing their community. At the closing table the resident entity buys the park with financing from dedicated funders. After closing we provide technical assistance to the housing cooperative for a minimum of ten years, assisting them with the task of launching their small business and the management of the community. There are more than 20 resident owned communities in our service territory.
ROC Northwest In The News
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As housing crisis deepens, local author explores how trailer parks might be “last affordable option”, Northwest Public Broadcasting, November 9, 2023
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Manufactured-home owners get noticed, Spokane Journal of Business, August 31, 2023
- WA mobile home communities organize against ‘economic eviction’, Crosscut, August 30, 2023
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The new law giving mobile home residents a chance to buy their parks, Washington State Standard, July 27, 2023
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Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes, Seattle Times, April 11, 2023
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Facing steep rent increases, mobile home residents are organizing, Spokane Public Radio, March 21, 2023
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Mobile home park residents in Selah come together to purchase their park, Yakima Herald-Republic, January 12, 2023
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At the mercy of the market: Yakima trailer park residents feeling the pain of higher rent, Yakima Herald-Republic, January 11, 2023