ROC USA is a nonprofit social venture working to make quality resident ownership viable nationwide and to expand economic opportunities for homeowners in manufactured (mobile) home communities. We envision a country in which the owners of efficient and affordable homes are economically secure in healthy and socially vibrant resident-owned communities (ROCs). We preserve and improve affordable communities through cooperative land ownership; build financial assets and economic security for homeowners; foster healthy, mutually supportive communities and leaders; and innovate with local, regional and national solutions to address common ROC challenges and opportunities. Through Q1 of 2019, ROC USA and its affiliates work with 236 ROCs made up of more than 15,000 homes in 16 states.
Next Step Network is a national, nonprofit housing intermediary that works to promote expanded use of factory-built housing as a viable solution to address housing affordability. Our organization mobilizes a national network of mission-driven nonprofits, leaders in the manufactured housing industry, and lending institutions serving home buyers and homeowners in their communities. Next Step’s system – Manufactured Housing Done Right® – connects responsible financing, comprehensive home-buyer education and delivery of high-quality, ENERGY STAR® manufactured homes at scale, creating a model that brings more value to homeowners and communities.
We are the nation-wide membership-based organization representing and advocating for manufactured home owners. The mission of the National Manufactured Home Owners Association (NMHOA) is to promote, represent, preserve, and enhance the rights and interests of manufactured home-owners throughout the United States. Among the basic principles fought for by the founding fathers of this country was that of basic property rights. The owner of a manufactured home shares the same tangible investment as does the owner of a one-bedroom condominium or a fifty-room mansion. NMHOA looks forward to the day when the owner of the manufactured home is accorded the same rights and privileges as the other property owners. First and foremost is the sense of security in their community. Safeguards must be in place to ensure the home-owner’s community is safe from sale and closure without the opportunity of the community to participate in its own self-determination. If self-determination is not achievable, home-owners should receive fair and just compensation as a result of such actions. If all people lived by the Golden Rule, there would be little need to discuss values and principles. As an organization, we value the principle of treating others the way we would like to be treated. We believe in dealing honestly and treating each other with civility and kindness. We expect the same of those outside our organization and forgive the shortcomings of those who do not meet our expectations. We embrace, endorse, and celebrate our diversity. We reach out to those who we may perceive may be different from ourselves. We seek understanding and to understand. This is not limited to our gender, ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity. It extends to the diversity of thought and ideas. We encourage creativity and looking for new ways to solve old and new problems.