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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 [...]

By Moksha Sharon Kolman, CHT homeowner since 2011 My husband and I bought a house in the Pacifica Co-Housing community in Carrboro during its initial building phase. We moved there with our two girls. We heard about the Community [...]

This interview isn’t the only time Sandra has shared her CHT story recently. In fact, just a few weeks ago, she says she was “going on and on for a full ten minutes” telling one of her coworkers about [...]

Maybe you think a one-bedroom condominium with just a little under 600 square feet sounds like it would be the perfect fit for a single person. Or maybe, like P.J., your first thought is that it sounds a bit [...]

This past Wednesday, April 26, three Community Home Trust homeowners took advantage of the opportunity to thank Chapel Hill Town Council for their support of affordable housing during the public comment portion of the Council’s regular meeting. At every [...]

“What do you have to lose?” That’s Savannah’s advice to anyone considering applying to buy a home with Community Home Trust. “Getting this type of opportunity opens so many doors. And the people who are working there are there [...]

Erika is a single mother to 8-year-old Serenity – and very recently, to a new kitten named Olive, too. Erika and Serenity added Olive to the family when they moved into their new condo at 140 W. Franklin Street [...]

Editor's note: This post, "Two Cents for Affordable Housing," by Chuck Mills, originally appeared on Triangle Blog Blog and is reshared here with permission under Creative Commons license CC BY-NA-SA 4.0. Author Chuck Mills is a long-time Community Home [...]

The Haywoods’ homeownership journey started with just Kelly in 2016 — “doing her single life thing,” says Mark, as she rented an apartment in Chapel Hill and worked with UNC students in campus ministry. When Mark and Kelly close [...]

You may remember  our post several months ago  about the Stewardship Program and the painting facelift our homes at Old Larkspur were getting. Well, we’ve just completed another even bigger stewardship project, replacing many of the roofs at the [...]

Editor’s note: If you joined us for our annual meeting on November 18, you had a very brief opportunity to meet Deneane Stanley-Sutton, recipient of our first-ever Deanna Carson Memorial Good Neighbor Award. We asked her to share more of her story, [...]

When we spoke to TJ recently, he had lived in his condo at 140 W. Franklin for just a month. And although he and his dog Phoenix were still settling in and getting unpacked, he already loved it there. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

"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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Originally from Jamaica, Lorna came to Chapel Hill about 30 years ago. She's a 59-year-old housekeeper who works in the operating room at a local hospital. And as of this past December, she has been a Community Home Trust [...]

The last time Linda owned a home was in 2008, with her then-husband. They lost their home that year, thanks to what she describes as a "bad mortgage," like so many other Americans. Not long after, she was a [...]

"For me, as a person of faith, I just kept thinking that if this is what God wants for me, it will happen." That's how Ron, who retired from his job at UNC Hospitals two years ago, thought about the [...]

"Community Home Trust gave us an opportunity to get our feet under us, and when we eventually get to a point where we'll buy a home on the private market, we can pay it back to someone else who is [...]

"I don't want to tell him what to do; I want to show him what to do. Anything that I expect him to want out of life, I have to do the same thing." That's how Kim, a CHT homeowner [...]

"As a person with a disability, housing is a challenge, to put it mildly," shares Kate. A native of Upstate New York, Kate came to North Carolina to attend the UNC School of Social Work. When she graduated, she stayed [...]

In 2012, Priscilla stumbled on information about Community Home Trust. And although she had no savings, she had a dream of being a homeowner one day. So she applied. And then she waited. Priscilla had moved to Chapel Hill [...]

This week, we're excited to introduce you to our new blog series: Homeowner Stories! Our first homeowner feature is Chris, who has owned his home at Vineyard Square in Chapel Hill for about five years. At 29 years old, Chris [...]