We want you to enjoy living IN your home and not FOR your home.
HomeOwner University (HOU) offers a wide array of classes to help homeowners achieve financial and housing stability to be a happy homeowner. CHT staff and local area experts instruct classes on topics such as managing finances, building equity, home maintenance and protecting your asset (the home).
In September and October of 2025, Champlain Housing Trust offered HomeOwner University (HOU) with classes geared to help homeowners achieve financial and housing stability!
Videos recordings are available for a selection of these classes!
CHT is pleased to offer these videos for free. Enter your name, email and contact information for anyone else in your household who may watch these recordings.
Be on the lookout for future CHT live education events!
Available Recordings:
Making your home safe and sound for you and everyone in your home is top of most homeowners list. This video will review the principles for a healthy home: Keep it Dry, Keep it Clean, Keep it Safe, Keep it Well-Ventilated, Keep it Pest-Free, Keep it Contaminant-free, and Keep it Maintained.
Have you considered how your spending (or saving!) is related to how you approach the world? This recording explores the emotional and mental factors that influence your financial decisions. Every personality type has strengths – learn how to harness yours!
Saving and investing are very important parts of being a successful homeowner. This video reviews some strategies that work, including using CDs, retirement and education specific accounts, as well as savings for housing needs
Does it feel impossible to navigate interactions with your neighbors? Have you ever wondered if the people next door have lost their minds? This video looks at different communication styles, boundaries, and boundary disputes! With relevant information for single family homeowners as well as those living in associations, explore how to create successful communities while still respecting and celebrating our differences.
Owning a Home is an investment and a way to build wealth, but only if the home is in good condition. This video helps break down how to best take care of your home on a monthly, seasonal and annual basis.
Narrated by Brian Stark (Stark Law) and CHT counselor David Edwards, this recording examines reasons for having a will and what happens if you don’t. They help you understand the steps to setting up a legal will and how you could use a trust to help ensure your wishes are met. This video defines what is estate planning and why you need a plan.
Home Health & Safety | Making your home safe and sound for you and everyone in your home is top of most homeowners list. This video will review the principles for a healthy home: Keep it Dry, Keep it Clean, Keep it Safe, Keep it Well-Ventilated, Keep it Pest-Free, Keep it Contaminant-free, and Keep it Maintained. |
Psychology of Spending | Have you considered how your spending (or saving!) is related to how you approach the world? This recording explores the emotional and mental factors that influence your financial decisions. Every personality type has strengths – learn how to harness yours! |
Savvy Saving & Investing | Saving and investing are very important parts of being a successful homeowner. This video reviews some strategies that work, including using CDs, retirement and education specific accounts, as well as savings for housing needs |
Not My Circus, Still My Neighborhood | Does it feel impossible to navigate interactions with your neighbors? Have you ever wondered if the people next door have lost their minds? This video looks at different communication styles, boundaries, and boundary disputes! With relevant information for single family homeowners as well as those living in associations, explore how to create successful communities while still respecting and celebrating our differences. |
Managing Home Maintenance | Owning a Home is an investment and a way to build wealth, but only if the home is in good condition. This video helps break down how to best take care of your home on a monthly, seasonal and annual basis. |
Wills & Trusts | Narrated by Brian Stark (Stark Law) and CHT counselor David Edwards, this recording examines reasons for having a will and what happens if you don’t. They help you understand the steps to setting up a legal will and how you could use a trust to help ensure your wishes are met. This video defines what is estate planning and why you need a plan. |
To access HOU recordings fill out the below form with your information.
After you submit your information you will be given the link to our videos.
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- From the class, Not My Circus, Still my Neighborhood: How to Throw a Block Party – Local Motion
- From Enhanced Life Estate Deed, Advanced Directives, and Power of Attorney: Enhanced Life Estate Deed Frequently Asked Questions
- From Home Health and Safety: HUD—Safe and Healthy Checklist and Mold Fact Sheet
- From Savvy Saving and Investing: PowerPay is an online, free tool to help you navigate paying down or paying off interest bearing debts: https://extension.usu.edu/powerpay/
- From Managing Home Maintenance: CHT offers home repair loans for qualified owners. Check it out here: https://www.getahome.org/home-repair-loans/
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