Yessenia Funes – Own a Home in Just Four Years? This Co-Op Program Keeps Workers in the Neighborhood Nearly half of Evergreen’s worker-owners have purchased homes through the program.

Alex Cedeño quit renting two years ago. Now, he has just two years left until he owns his own home. And it’s all thanks to his employer, Evergreen Cooperatives. Evergreen started this unique home-buyers program three years ago. Today, nearly half of its worker-owners have purchased homes through the program. Home ownership was unlikely for them before; many have bad …