Weatherization and Energy Efficiency
This is the second post in our ongoing series of maintenance tips for homeowners. You can read the first post on gutter maintenance here. It's hot outside, and that likely means you're running your air conditioning and fans pretty regularly. [...]
Homeowner Stories: Meet Jennifer
When Jennifer's marriage ended in January 2009, she was forced to start her life over from scratch, with her 7- and 3-year-old daughters in tow: new state, new job, no degree or nearby family to fall back on. Her [...]
Guest Post: Inclusionary Housing
As we continue celebrating our 30th birthday throughout the year, we asked our former Executive Director, Robert Dowling, for his reflections on his 20+ years at the helm of Community Home Trust. In this post, he shares why inclusionary housing [...]
Homeowner Stories: Meet Paul
Paul grew up in Chapel Hill from the age of five, and with the exception of his years attending N.C. State, he has lived here ever since. He works at Trader Joe's, and over the years he has lived [...]
What is the Capital Improvement Incentive Program?
At Community Home Trust, we are always working to improve our partnership with our homeowners and tenants. We’ve listened to you, and your feedback helped us come up with the Capital Improvement Program, launched in October 2020. Owning a [...]
Homeowner Stories: Meet Brian
"Gosh, it's a great program with a lot of friendly people!" That's what Brian has to say about what advice he'd give someone who is interested in applying to purchase a home through Community Home Trust. "It's great to [...]
Ice Cream at The Landings
It was hot and steamy on Friday -- a great day to enjoy ice cream with friends! Our tenants at The Landings at Winmore joined other Winmore neighbors for an ice cream social. What a fun event! [...]
Homeowner Stories: Meet Nic
Nic is originally from Rocky Mount and came to Chapel Hill in 2008 to study Journalism and Mass Communications at UNC. After he graduated, he returned home to Rocky Mount but kept coming back to Chapel Hill -- and [...]
Oh, What a Night!
Thanks to so many of you who joined us for our 30th birthday Party on the Porch last week! We are loving seeing photos of your celebrations -- keep them coming! Just email them to Daniele at dberman@communityhometrust.org and [...]
All About Aura
What is Aura? Aura is a project that is proposing to build almost 400 units of rental housing and approximately 59 units of homeownership in the form of 3-story townhomes on the corner of MLK Blvd. and Estes Drive. This [...]
Homeowner Stories: Meet Tina and Mike
Tina had lived in the same apartment complex in Chapel Hill for 30 years, and Mike for the 13 years that they'd been married. Though they're in their sixties now, they had always been renters. But it was through [...]
Guest post: Rungs on the Homeownership Ladder
By Nancy Oates, former Chapel Hill Town Council member and longtime Community Home Trust supporter I left home as a teenager to make my way in the world, my head full of dreams, my heart full of ambition, and [...]
