Celebrating National Homeownership Month
By Daniele Berman, Vice President for Strategy and Operations June is National Homeownership Month, and to celebrate, our staff and board members joined our friends at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County for a build day last Friday. As [...]
Welcome, Shannon!
We’re excited to welcome Shannon Massey to the Community Home Trust team! She joined us this month as our new Communications Manager and brings a wealth of experience to the role. Shannon moved to North Carolina with her family [...]
Nurturing Communities, Growing Futures
On May 15, we gathered at the beautiful North Carolina Botanical Garden for Nurturing Communities, Growing Futures. Supporters, housing advocates, and community leaders came together to learn about Community Home Trust’s bold plans to develop 260 new affordable homes [...]
A Special Story for World CLT Day 2025
On May 7, 2025, Dr. John Cooper Jr. opened Community Home Trust’s latest email newsletter at his desk in College Station, Texas. The first thing he saw was the featured available home: 200 Trellis Court. Then he replied to [...]
North Carolina Community Land Trust Coalition
By Kimberly Sanchez, CHT Executive Director Two weeks ago, our newly-formed North Carolina Community Land Trust Coalition held its first in-person meeting, an all-day strategic planning retreat facilitated by Armstrong McGuire. The Coalition is a statewide alliance of organizations [...]
Welcome, Jessica!
Please help us welcome Jessica Mayo to the Community Home Trust team! Jessica started in her new role as Finance Manager last month. Jessica is a native of Boone, North Carolina, and graduated from Appalachian State University. She moved [...]
The Home Team
In January 2024, we launched our pilot ambassador program, called the Home Team. This small group of CHT residents worked with CHT staff over the course of the year to become trained ambassadors for our organization, and they had [...]
Shared Equity, Lasting Impact
A reflection and invitation from Daniele Berman, CHT Director of External Relations and Advocacy I've worked for Community Home Trust now for four and a half years, and this fall will mark ten years since I purchased my own [...]
CHT Home Maintenance Class
Several times each year, Community Home Trust offers a free home maintenance class for our homeowners and other interested community members. The class is taught by Chris and Mindy Meyers, founders of Home Repair Lab, and our own Property [...]
Welcome, Bruno!
Bruno Marcenaro recently joined the CHT team as our new Real Estate Sales and Transaction Coordinator. Please help us welcome him to the team! Bruno moved to the United States from Lima, Peru, at 17 to join his mother [...]
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 [...]
