Champlain Housing Trust and local nonprofit ONE Arts Inc announced today that they have reached an agreement to lease the building at 66 North Avenue in Burlington, the former home of the Sara Holbrook Community Center. ONE Arts Inc operates creative programs for all ages at its licensed early learning, after school and camps programs […]
At each Annual Meeting and Dinner, Champlain Housing Trust recognizes individuals or organizations for outstanding contributions that inspire us and support our mission. This year’s honorees are Tonda Cardaropoli, Jeanne Kennedy, Parents of the Developmental Disabilities Housing Initiative, and Kathy Tyrrel Luce. We hope you’ll check out more photos and staff anniversaries we celebrated during […]
This is What Stability Looks Like Hannah Pickett spoke at Champlain Housing Trust’s annual Cornerstone Luncheon in November 2024, a fundraising event attended by about 300 guests. She also spoke at Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition’s Legislative Day at the State House in February 2025. Here are her remarks. Good afternoon and thank you for […]
Don’t Let the Past Define Your Future “One thing I remember about living in the shelter was I taught myself how to snap my fingers,” recalled Josslyn McKenna. She, her parents, and her sister had become homeless when she was five. Now 17 and a junior at Essex High School – and at home at Champlain […]
Everything I Wanted Not too long ago, Laura Allyn felt stuck. But now, sitting in her one-bedroom home in Burlington, surrounded by family pictures and paintings – many of them done by her mother – Laura explains how this welcoming home once seemed so out of reach for her. “It was a very dark time. […]
The Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition is hosting its annual Legislative Day at the State House in Montpelier on Friday, February 14th and you’re invited! CHT is a leader in this coalition that advocates for the State to allocate money to the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, allowing for more affordable housing to be built, […]
Champlain Housing Trust just purchased two buildings in St. Albans to expand the shelter capacity in Franklin County, working with community organizations to add 19 new shelter beds for people who are unhoused. The Vermont Housing & Conservation Board made two grants totaling about $2.2 million to purchase the buildings, one of which needs additional […]
Susan’s Place, a motel Champlain Housing Trust converted into permanently affordable housing for people who had been homeless, and Harbor Place, a motel that provides emergency shelter to people who are unhoused, each have food pantries with free food for those living there. As food costs and food insecurity continues to rise, free food and […]
At the site of a former dormitory converted into affordable apartments at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, Vermont, housing leaders and local officials released the annual Building Homes Together campaign scorecard documenting the number of homes and apartments created throughout Chittenden County in 2023. The data showed continued housing production shortages – especially those which […]
While it has only been one month that Jen Armon has been Champlain Housing Trust’s Homeownership Outreach Coordinator, she’s been busy. She’s jumped right in and is a valuable part of the homeownership team coordinating marketing materials for Shared Equity Program meetings and clinics, working on interest lists for available properties and even helping to […]
Tessa Barber has learned quickly how important it is to have a personal connection with residents at Susan’s Place in Essex. For her, it’s probably been the most rewarding part of her role as CHT’s Resident Services Intern. “Having residents recognize my face and feeling like they can sit down and have a conversation with […]
On September 27th, Champlain Housing Trust, in collaboration with Pomerleau Real Estate, the State of Vermont, the City of Burlington and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) hosted a press conference to describe an ambitious stormwater management project that will improve the health of Potash Brook and Lake Champlain. Once completed, this new gravel […]
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