Affordable Housing Fireside Chat
On Wednesday, November 13, Community Home Trust hosted its first-ever Affordable Housing Fireside Chat with retired Congressman David Price and former housing advisor to President Obama and current nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute, Jim Parrott. The discussion was [...]
Porch Stairs, Plumbing, and Other Essential Repairs: The Dowling Home Maintenance Fund
This time last year, we shared a post about the Dowling Home Maintenance Fund, which was established in 2019 to honor the retirement of CHT’s long-time Executive Director, Robert Dowling. The fund can be accessed by CHT homeowners to [...]
Meeting = Party?
Maybe when you hear the word "meeting" you don't think of a party. Well, at Community Home Trust, we know how to put the party in a meeting! Nearly 200 people joined us for our Annual Meeting and Block [...]
Welcome, Sue!
This month, we welcomed a new team member at CHT: Sugey (pronounced soo-hey) Galvagni, who goes by Sue! Sue is our new Homeowner/Tenant Relations Coordinator whose primary role is working with our residents. So if you are a CHT [...]
Value Stream Mapping
By Thea Cola, Director of Philanthropy You may remember from when we shared the news earlier this year, that with all of the development that is planned for the Town in the near future, we’re expecting our inclusionary inventory [...]
Legion Road Community Day
By Deneane Stanley, CHT Homeowner and Ambassador Editor's note: Every year, the homeowners in the Legion Road community get together for a community day, during which they work together on cleaning up and beautifying their neighborhood. This year's reflection [...]
Welcome Home!
By Ivelisse Mercado, CHT Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator At Community Home Trust we always welcome an opportunity to come together and celebrate! Staff had the pleasure of enjoying an afternoon amongst our newest CHT homeowners, board members, CHT [...]
World CLT Day
On May 17 and 18, community land trusts (CLTs) around the world will celebrate World CLT Day, an opportunity to acknowledge the worldwide community land trust movement and what it means for individuals and communities. You may know that [...]
Five Homes In Durham
On March 1, CHT purchased five homes on Open Air Camp Road in Durham, officially making them part of our permanently affordable inventory. The residents of those homes are members of the Eno River Tenants' Association and had long [...]
PRESS RELEASE: “Budget Your Way Home” program launches
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 8, 2024 Contact: Daniele Berman, Director of External Relations dberman@communityhometrust.org, 919.967.3231 ORANGE COUNTY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORGANIZATION LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO HELP FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS STRUGGLING TO QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE On March 15, 2024, local nonprofit [...]
Homeowner Stories: Meet Veda
Veda is certain her new townhome in Bridgepoint was meant to be hers from the start – even though until very recently she was also pretty sure her dream home was in Rosemary Place, where a CHT home had [...]
Crawlspace Updates at Legion Road
At Community Home Trust, we consider partnership to be one of the most essential elements of our work. A project underway right now at the Legion Road townhomes in Chapel Hill is a great example of how our partnerships [...]
