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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Last week, we came together with partners, elected officials, funders, neighbors, and friends to celebrate something truly special: the groundbreaking of Homestead Gardens. This moment has been years in the making, and it reflects the power of community. Homestead [...]

Are you wondering, "Is the CHT home buying program right for me?" A good candidate for a CHT home is a low- to moderate-income individual or family looking for long-term housing stability. CHT homes help make homeownership possible by offering lower [...]

Please join us in welcoming Breta Stroud to the Community Home Trust Team! She recently joined CHT as our new Development Director. With more than 24 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Breta brings a depth of leadership, [...]

Stability to Thrive: Community Home Trust’s 2024–2025 Annual Report We’re proud to share Community Home Trust’s 2024–2025 Annual Report, now available to read online! This year’s report celebrates the power of stability - for families, neighborhoods, and the broader community. [...]

We’re thrilled to welcome Karen Stegman to the Board of Directors at the Community Home Trust! A Chapel Hill native, Karen brings with her a deep commitment to affordable housing and a rich background in public service and nonprofit work. After [...]

Please join us in welcoming Rachel Cone to the Community Home Trust team! She joined us this week as Homebuyer Support Specialist and brings a diverse background with experience in accounting, early childhood literacy, and education. Originally from Boston, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Please help us welcome our new President of our Board of Directors and three new Board members in 2024! Brika Eklund has been a member of the CHT Board of Directors for the past three years, and as of [...]

Maybe you're a Spotify user and your "Wrapped" has arrived. Maybe you're writing holiday cards to family and friends and reflecting on what your family has been up to for the year. Maybe your work requires some year-end reporting [...]

Pictured, L to R: Kevin Foy, Robert Dowling, and Roger Perry, celebrating Robert Dowling receiving CHT's Building Better Futures Award in 2023 Anyone who has ever owned a home knows that there’s much more to the cost than just [...]

On Friday, August 11, the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) announced that the Town of Chapel Hill’s proposed Tanyard Branch Trace development was selected to receive a highly competitive 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) award. According to [...]

By Ivelisse Mercado, Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator I had the privilege of attending Racial Equity Institute (REI) Organizing Against Racism (OAR) Latinx Challenges workshop earlier this year. REI was founded and grew out of Greensboro, NC and has [...]

“Home is a place to really feel settled. It’s a place to feel safe and protected and comfortable and happy to be in. It’s a place to welcome friends and family. It’s a place where I feel like my [...]

By Caroline Veloso Oliveira, Deputy Director At Community Home Trust we do a lot to bring hope to our applicants and community members on their dream regarding affordable housing. With all the work that we do and the remote work [...]

When you imagine your ideal neighborhood, what do you experience? Perhaps you see beautiful homes with colorful, abundant gardens. Maybe you feel the warm summer evening air as you walk or drive down a shady, peaceful street to the grocery [...]

By Kimberly Sanchez, Executive Director Last month, my colleague Daniele and I had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for Grounded Solutions Network’s annual conference. Grounded Solutions Network works nationally to connect local housing experts, specifically community land [...]

54 years ago, the Fair Housing Act was signed into law in the United States with the intention of preventing housing discrimination and giving more Americans access to safe housing. But decades later, the prospect of owning a home [...]

WHAT A PARTY! Over 100 people joined us for "Keepin' It 100: a Party for Housing" this past Saturday at the Jackson Center. In addition to dancing, eating hot dogs, having their faces painted, and mingling with neighbors and [...]

“It’s a relay race, and it’s my turn to carry the baton. But there’s a team behind me that’s doing all the work.” That’s how Bruce Warrington, the new President of our Board of Directors, describes his view of [...]

The holiday season is a time for joy, gratitude, and generosity. As the leaves change color and the temperature drops, we start thinking about what we’re grateful for. Our homes become the center of safe, fun holiday gatherings with friends [...]

For most people who live in Chapel Hill or Carrboro, Jay Street is just another street in town. But at Community Home Trust these days, saying "Jay Street" means so much more. For us and our partners at Taft-Mills [...]

Mayor Pro Tem and Carrboro Town Council member Barbara Foushee has lived in Carrboro since 1991 -- and in that time, she has seen the town go through quite a bit of change. She says that "change is growth, [...]

Maybe you saw our staff photo in our newsletter this week and wondered, "Who are all those masked CHT staffers?" It's been a while since we've all (well, almost all) been in the same place, and our team has [...]

We talk a lot about Community Home Trust as stewards of homeownership opportunities, but did you know that we also own low-income rental housing and are preparing to invest in more? We know that this is the best way [...]

A year ago today, we lost a member of the Community Home Trust family. Deanna Carson began her work advocating for affordable housing in Orange County in 2007, and she was a valued member of the Community Home Trust team [...]

It's our 30th birthday -- we know, we don't look a day over 29! *blushing* -- and we're planning a party on YOUR porch! Here's what you need to do to make sure you don't miss it: Save the [...]