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These mobile home residents decided to buy their park to combat rising rents

Mar 25, 2024
As Californians deal with rising rents and a housing shortage, one group of mobile home park residents in Fresno County secured affordable housing for themselves by purchasing the land from the park’s corporate landlord.
Residents at Nuevo Lago Mobile Home Park formed a housing co-op to purchase the park from their corporate landlord, Harmony Communities California.
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New California law promotes worker-owned businesses

Jan 6, 2023
The model is attracting interest as a way for workers to share in a company's success.
The full staff of Proof Bakery after the business became a worker cooperative.
Courtesy Franzi Charen/Project Equity