Conorth

Conorth is a non-profit 501c3 organization working to transform lives and communities through cooperative enterprise for residents of manufactured housing communities. This work supports low-income and underserved communities through the development of affordable housing cooperatives by providing education, technical assistance, programs, and services to residents of the communities served. The organization currently supports 17 manufactured home cooperatives, and continues to develop new cooperatives each year. Conorth is one of nine certified technical assistance providers (ctaps) under the national roc usa network providing tailored technical assistance, training and education, and peer-to-peer engagement opportunities for the affiliated cooperatives across minnesota and wisconsin. This work is a community-rooted and systemically transformative approach to preserving affordable housing that gives homeowners the power and stability that comes with cooperative ownership and control of the land under their homes. Conorth also advocates for legislation and legislative funding that advances co-op ownership and supports manufactured homebuyers and cooperatives, and works directly with our manufactured housing cooperative communities to secure state grants for critical improvement projects in their communities. To further our mission and expand access to cooperative financing, we also established a lending subsidiary, conorth loan fund llc (clf), in 2023. This subsidiary offers loans and other financing for cooperatives with a focus on serving low-income, low-wealth, and historically marginalized communities. In 2025, conorth formed two additional subsidiary organizations to further our mission and ability to expand and preserve affordable housing through manufactured home cooperative ownership. Conorth homes llc was established as a manufactured home dealership that allows us to buy and sell manufactured homes directly from manufacturer to consumers to address critical