Mark Tierney is on a mission — and manufactured housing is helping him achieve it. 

Minimum waste, maximum joy. That’s the motto Elyssa Alfieri has used to guide her business since she acquired it nine years ago. You can feel the energy walking through the front door of Lilise Designer Resale on Main Street — from the colorful racks of shirts and dresses to the vintage artwork on the walls. 

Imagine owning a home at 22 years old. Andrew Moore navigated through stigma, a heated housing market, and the confines of the conventional banking system to achieve his goal.

After a record-breaking cold and snowy winter, you might be surprised to find out that Goffstown resident Len Stuart used less propane to heat his home than during the previous winter.

He couldn’t have predicted the weather — but he did plan ahead.

When Shaunte Whitted learned about the Community Loan Fund’s Community-Driven Economic Empowerment program in 2023, she discovered, in her words, “more than a grant opportunity.”

Where are they now? Community Loan Fund borrowers find long-term success. After owner Ben Fisk received a loan and business coaching from the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund in 2014, our support helped him grow as a young entrepreneur. Today, Ben’s Sugar Shack is thriving. And the newest addition — the Maple Station Market — has become a community hub and tourist destination in the Monadnock Region since it opened two years ago.

Two years ago, Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire was ready to expand services but needed a bridge loan to purchase space.

It took 27 years, three attempts, and residents new and old coming together to make it happen. On June 14, Cotton Farm Village Cooperative celebrated the purchase of their manufactured-home park and becoming a resident-owned community (ROC). Cotton Farm Village — made up of 144 manufactured homes, two empty lots, and 12 rental apartments — became the 152nd ROC in New Hampshire.

When we help resident-owned communities (ROCs) purchase their parks, we’re with them for the long haul. In Tamworth, N.H., that means supporting the Tamworth Pines Cooperative as they secured grant funding to upgrade their water and septic systems.