2026 Exceptional Innovation Award Celebrates Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
Community Home Trust has named Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC the recipient of its 2026 Exceptional Innovation Award, recognizing the organizations’ innovative partnership to create permanently affordable homeownership at Homestead Gardens. The award celebrates what is possible when two organizations with [...]
Celebrating Our 2026 Building Better Futures Award Winner: Ron Strom
Community Home Trust is proud to honor Ron Strom with the 2026 Building Better Futures Award, recognizing an individual supporter who shares our belief that everyone deserves a place to call home, and who has gone above and beyond to help [...]
Celebrating Tiz G., 2026 Deanna Carson Memorial Good Neighbor Award Recipient
Community Home Trust is proud to honor Tiz G. with the 2026 Deanna Carson Memorial Good Neighbor Award, recognizing their commitment to community, housing justice, and the practice of being a good neighbor. Tiz is honored to be included [...]
Welcome Carly!
Please join us in welcoming Carly Stearns to the Community Home Trust team! She recently joined as Administration and Resident Services Manager. Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Carly and her husband moved to North Carolina this summer. She holds both [...]
Finding the Right Fit: How CHT Matches Homebuyers with Available Homes
Purchasing an affordable home through Community Home Trust isn't about who's first in line, it's about finding the home that's the best fit for each household. At CHT, every home in our affordable homeownership program has unique characteristics and [...]
Harvard JCHS’s Latest Housing Report Reinforces Why Community Land Trusts Matter
The newly released State of the Nation's Housing 2026 from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies paints a clear picture: homeownership is becoming increasingly difficult for working families across the country, and the Orange County community is no exception. One [...]
Reflections on TCF’s What Matters: Housing Affordability
Guest post by Karen Stegman, CHT Board member The Triangle region is critically short of housing. All types of housing. For all types of people, at all different phases of life. That was one of the key messages coming [...]
AMI and Eligibility for CHT Homeownership
What is AMI? You may have seen us talk about Area Median Income, or AMI in our program eligibility guidelines. But what does that mean? Area Median Income (AMI) represents the middle income for a specific geographic area. It's [...]
Worth the Wait: Julia’s Path Home
Julia and her two children moved into their CHT townhome last fall, and in a short time it has already become full of memories. Recently, she hosted her son’s friends, and in that moment, she realized it truly felt [...]
Celebrating World CLT Day 2026
On Friday, May 15, communities around the world will celebrate World CLT Day, a global recognition of the power of community land trusts (CLTs) to create permanently affordable housing, strengthen neighborhoods, and keep land in community hands. This year [...]
Community Home Trust Advocates for Lasting Housing Solutions at NC Housing Day 2026
Community Home Trust was proud to join nearly 200 housing advocates at NC Housing Day 2026 at the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday, April 29. Hosted by the North Carolina Housing Coalition, the event brought together organizations, advocates, [...]
Board Stories: Meet New Board President Bridgit
We are delighted to welcome Bridgit Adamou as our new Board President. Bridgit brings both deep community roots and a genuine commitment to our mission. Since joining the Board in January 2024, she has shown thoughtful leadership, a collaborative [...]
