NCF in the news
Land Trusts and Co-op Housing: Building Better Neighborhoods, Minnesota Women’s Press, Sophia Kulow, 01/23/2024
City evaluating modular housing co-op concept to ease housing issues; Library Oasis offers a surprisingly complete mix of services, KYMN Radio, 12/26/2023
Historic state funding propels several central Minnesota housing projects, 12/22/2023
Gaylord, RF mobile home parks receive state funding, 12/21/2023
Zumbro Ridge Estates has two vacant lots left, lands a nearly $3.9 million grant for infrastructure improvements, Rochester Post Bulletin, 12/19/2023 (link to PDF)
Southeast Minnesota projects receive share of $348 million in state housing support, Rochester Post Bulletin, 12/15/2023
Minnesota Housing releases list of state-supported housing developments, Minnesota Reformer, 12/15/2023
State announces more than $348 million for new and renovated affordable housing, MPR, 12/15/2023
Rochester community seeking help from the county to give two families a home, KTTC, 11/21/2023
Zumbro Ridge Estates receives grant for food shelf items, KTTC, 11/3/2023
Madelia mobile home park to break ground on storm shelter/community room, Mankato Free Press, 09/11/2023
Infill And Fundraising With Allie Lechner, Ownership Matters ROC USA podcast, 08/10/2023
Recent recipients of SHIP funds, bloomingtonmn.gov, 08/2023
The growing market for CPAs in the cooperative business sector, Emily Stewart, Kristin Forde and Char Vrieze, mncpa.org, 08/08/2023
Empowering Rural Homeowners with the Cooperative Model, Darrah Perryman, USDA RD, 06/29/2023
Grant program would provide $65 million to preserve, increase manufactured home access, Session Daily, Tessa Pieper, 02/08/2023
Madelia and Mankato mobile home parks among grant recipients, The Mankato Free Press, Tim Krohn, 12/15/2022
New Wisconsin co-ops aim to fill economic gaps, Wisconsin Economic Development, 08/17/2022
Viking Terrace residents hope to own park one day, Rich Larson, KYMN RADIO, 07/01/2022
Grants help cooperatives grow, EIN NewsDesk, 05/20/2022
Minnesota nonprofit eyeing Janesville, Beloit for 'cooperative' mobile home park, Neil Johnson, Gazette Extra, 05/24/2022
Fearing Corporate Takeover, These Richfieldians Bought Their Mobile-Home Park, Racket, Jay Boller, 03/04/2022
A Moment with the Mayor, Woodlawn Terrace Partnership, City of Richfield, 03/03/2022
Ownership Sure Does Matter, With Bev Adrian Of Woodlawn Terrace Cooperative, ROC USA Ownership Matters podcast, 02/17/2022
Minnesota' Housing’s 2021 Funding Selections (YouTube video) and interactive PDF announcement, Minnesota Housing, 01/28/2022
Sunrise Banks sell Vandalia, Arcade Street branches to St. Paul nonprofits, Frederick Melo, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 01/26/2022
When housing costs soar, Minnesota tenants and homebuyers get creative, Twila Dang and Maja Beckstrom, MPR, 01/18/2022
Two year CERTs effort reduces energy burden in 22 manufactured home parks, Melissa Birch, Clean Energy Resource Teams, November 2021
Are mobile home parks the answer to Minnesota’s affordable housing shortage?, Laurel Poole, MPR, 09/09/2021
Talking Technical Assistance with Tory Clark of Northcountry Cooperative Foundation, Ownership Matters podcast, ROC USA, 08/19/2021
From Mobile Home Parks to Multifamily Housing Cooperatives, Meir Rinde, Shelterforce, 08/02/2021
From At-Risk Tenants to Activist Property Owners, Shelby R. King, Shelterforce, 07/26/2021
Fridley storm shelter doubles as learning hub and literacy center, Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 07/01/2021
Infrastructure improvements begin in Worthington’s Sungold Heights mobile home park, Julie Buntjer, The Globe, 05/22/2021
Twin Cities manufactured housing park sales reflect national trend, Dylan Thomas, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, 05/18/2021
Homeowners who rent land need chance to buy, Op-Ed by Natividad Seefeld, Star Tribune, 04/02/2021
New storm shelter in Fridley models the way for safety in mobile home communities, Hannah Covington, Star Tribune, 08/15/2018
Trailer parks may be the Twin Cities' most endangered form of affordable housing, Greta Kaul, MinnPost, 05/31/2018
Housing crisis threatens Rochester's ambitious growth plans, Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 11/20/2017
Resident-Owned Mobile Home Park Gets Together to Build Storm Shelter, Ryan Raiche, KSTP 5 Eyewitness News, 8/11/2017. See companion story in link below.
Nowhere to Hide: Despite State Law, Mobile Home Residents Often Left Unprotected, Ryan Raiche, KSTP 5 Eyewitness News, 8/7/2017
Rep. Keith Ellison introduces bill supporting mobile home parks, Miguel Otárola, Star Tribune, 7/20/17
As mobile home parks close, attention turns to how to protect them, Hannah Covington and Miguel Otárola, Star Tribune, 7/17/17
Minnesota community solar projects aimed at low-income subscribers, Frank Jossi, Midwest Energy News, 7/6/17
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation's Kevin Walker on Affordable Housing, Minnesota Tonight, 4/21/17
Revealing Minnesota's Not-So-Affordable Housing, Minnesota Tonight, 4/13/17
Community solar for manufactured housing: Two coops lead the way, Joel Haskard, Clean Energy Resource Teams blog, 1/20/17
Wisconsin Welcomes Newest Resident-Owned Community, Wisconsin Housing Alliance, 12/30/16
When Residents Take Ownership, A Mobile Home Community Thrives, Daniel Zwerdling, NPR, 12/27/16
Another Cup of Coffee with Paul Bradley, MHPRONews.com, 10/10/16
One resident's $6 million, Hail Mary plan to save her mobile home park, Tracy Mumford, MPR News, 6/9/16
