Florence Quast

First, I would like to offer our very special thanks and appreciation to two MOTA members Florence Quast & Bill Rivers both have recently stepped down from their State Board positions.
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Florence Quast has served on the State Board of Manufactured Housing as the MOTA representative since its inception in 1995.Florence has just finished her 12th year of dedicated service to all those who have come before this board.It is with deep appreciation that the MOTA Board of Directors wants to thank her for her many years of dedicated service.She has served us well, thank you Florence.

One morning, Florence Quast arrived home from her job as an obstetrical nurse in Nashua to the uncommon sight of her neighbors assembled by the mailboxes in their manufactured home community.
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Florence didn't know, but before long she and the other 56 families in the Milford neighborhood paid $10 each to retain a lawyer. They engaged the Community Loan Fund, New Hampshire Legal Assistance and other non-profits to fight the owner and buy the park themselves.

They formed a cooperative and, after some legal wrangling,made a purchase offer of $1.5 million. The owner gave them 10 days to come up with the money and close on the sale the day before New Year's Eve.

"We did it," said Florence , who became the cooperative's first president. "I think the owner was shocked that we'd come up with the money."

To make it happen, the Community Loan Fund provided a bridge loan until the Souhegan Valley Manufactured Housing Cooperative could get a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant.

"My proudest accomplishment is helping us become a co-op and buying the park because it's something people said we couldn't do," said Florence , who has since retired and has travelled nationally to talk about cooperatives.

One morning, Florence Quast arrived home from her job as an obstetrical nurse in Nashua to the uncommon sight of her neighbors assembled by the mailboxes in their manufactured home community.
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Quast didn't know, but before long she and the other 56 families in the Milford neighborhood paid $10 each to retain a lawyer.They engaged the Loan Fund, Legal Assistance and other non-profits to fight the owner and buy the park themselves.

They formed a cooperative and, after some legal wrangling, they made an offer to the owner of $1.5 million.He gave them ten days to come up with the money and close-on the day before New Year's Eve.

"We did it," said 69-year-old Quast, now retired, who became the cooperative's first president."I think the owner was shocked that we'd come up with the money."

To make it happen, the Loan Fund provided a bridge loan until the Souhegan Valley Manufactured Housing Cooperative could get a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant.

"My proudest accomplishment is helping us become a co-op and buying the park because it's something people said we couldn't do," said Quast, who has traveled nationally to talk about cooperatives.

Tenants would be required to buy skirting and sheds from the park owner, and use a specific heating oil dealer," remarks Florence Quast, a long-time leader with MOTA.
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"The board is doing well although I wish they had authority to review rents," notes Florence Quast.
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It's a different dynamic when a company is collecting the rents versus your neighbor-we were successful before, but now we're successful and it's easier," notes Florence Quast, Soughegan Valley's chairwoman for the past 15 years.

Tenants would be required to buy skirting and sheds from the park owner, and use a specific heating oil dealer," remarks Florence Quast, a long-time leader with MOTA.
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"The board is doing well although I wish they had authority to review rents," notes Florence Quast.
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It's a different dynamic when a company is collecting the rents versus your neighbor - we were successful before, but now we're successful and it's easier," notes Florence Quast, Soughegan Valley's chairwoman for the past 15 years.