Affordable Housing

Citizen Lobby Day at the Legislature 2025

Posted on January 6, 2025 By

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, […]

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Data shows Chittenden County Not Meeting Housing Targets

Posted on October 28, 2024 By

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 […]

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Former VFW to be Housing, Community Services with Assist from Senator Sanders

Posted on August 16, 2024 By

    United States Senator Bernie Sanders headlined a groundbreaking event today in Burlington marking the beginning of construction of 38 permanently affordable apartments, a new Veterans’ Center, and space for Burlington’s Community Justice Center. The Howard Plant VFW Post 782 sold the property to the Champlain Housing Trust this past year. “I don’t need […]

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Acting HUD Secretary, Congressional Delegation Visit 10th Cavalry

Posted on July 15, 2024 By

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CEO Michael Monte and Director of Real Estate Development, Miranda Lescaze led a tour of the progress at 10th Cavalry Apartments in Colchester. Along with representatives from the Vermont Housing Finance Agency and Evernorth, the group included HUD Adrianne Todman, Senator Peter Welch, and Representative Becca Balint. Once completed, 10th Cavalry will include 65 permanently […]

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CHT, partners and public officials celebrate groundbreaking in Shelburne

Posted on July 1, 2024 By

  Federal, State and local officials gathered today in Shelburne at the site of a former motel to announce the creation of a new neighborhood with nearly 100 permanently affordable homes and apartments. The new neighborhood, Bay Ridge, is being developed by Champlain Housing Trust in partnership with Evernorth. Bay Ridge will include 26 shared […]

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Celebrating 40 Years and a Look Back at How CHT Started

Posted on May 9, 2024 By

Champlain Housing Trust is 40 years old! We are thrilled to share a look back highlighting how we got started and the lasting change we’ve made in this video by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, which researches and recommends creative approaches to land as a solution to economic, social, and environmental challenges. Then as […]

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Post Apartments Add Affordable Homes to Downtown Burlington

Posted on May 2, 2024 By

Champlain Housing Trust is redeveloping the site of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building on South Winooski Avenue in downtown Burlington. The demolition of the current building, scheduled for June, makes way for 38 new permanently affordable apartments, with five set aside for unhoused Veterans. The redevelopment, done in partnership with Evernorth and with […]

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Voices from Home: Housing Affordability in Northwest Vermont

Posted on March 7, 2024 By

The Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) is one of eleven commissions serving Vermont municipalities that’s uniquely positioned to coordinate and guide community development activities and issues between state and local governments. The NRPC serves 23 municipalities (19 towns, 3 incorporated villages, and 1 city) located in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. Housing is one area […]

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Video Highlights Burlington’s Approach to Affordable Housing

Posted on December 4, 2023 By

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, which researches and recommends creative approaches to land as a solution to economic, social, and environmental challenges, released a video and a case study that highlights how Champlain Housing Trust got started and the crucial role and timing that affordable housing strategies, community leadership and engagement, and innovative policies […]

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Building Homes Together Campaign: Still Not Enough

Posted on October 23, 2023 By

  October 23, 2023 – During a press conference in Williston, Vermont at a motel newly-converted into permanent housing, leaders of the Building Homes Together campaign issued its annual report card on progress towards reaching housing production and affordability goals for Chittenden County. As housing costs continue to escalate and rental vacancy rates consistently fail […]

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South Burlington Rotary Ugly Sweater Fun Run & Walk

Posted on October 18, 2023 By

Champlain Housing Trust is excited to partner with South Burlington Rotary for the 7th Annual ‘Ugly Sweater Run & Walk’ on Sunday, December 10, 2023 from 10am-1pm at Frederick Tuttle Middle School.  We invite you to come out for a day of fun and exercise while proudly wearing your tackiest, craziest and UGLIEST sweaters. Bring […]

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Bay Ridge: A New Neighborhood in Shelburne

Posted on October 17, 2023 By

When Champlain Housing Trust purchased the Econo Lodge on Shelburne Road in 2013 and began operating it as Harbor Place, there was always the idea that the property had a different future. That future is now. The acquisition of the former Days Inn across Shelburne Road allowed CHT to move Harbor Place’s emergency housing operations […]

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