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Resident Ownership Isn't Always Better | Concord News
Bob and Sandy Staples, longtime residents of a manufactured housing cooperative in Allenstown, New Hampshire, reveal the messy reality behind the dream of resident ownership. Once enthusiastic supporters who even served on the board, they now say the model failed them—Bob was expelled and issued a no-trespassing notice for raising procedural concerns. With only a handful attending meetings and decisions made by a small clique with little accountability, they argue the media’s simplistic “co-ops good, investors bad” narrative ignores real-world problems. Their experience suggests that for…
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