A New Sense of Home It’s impossible not to feel welcome inside Vladimir Bullón and Greg Chire’s new shared equity condo at Bay Ridge in Shelburne. The living space is decorated with family pictures and furniture that the couple tracked down from secondhand shops and Facebook marketplace. Their sixth month old puppy Willow follows visitors […]
I Felt Like I Was Home Almost 40 years ago, Suzie McKenzie moved from California back to her hometown of Burlington, Vermont, with her 7-year-old daughter. She lived with her mom and was looking for a place to live when her sister-in-law, who rented from Champlain Housing Trust, suggested Suzie move into her apartment since […]
An effort years in the making culminated today in a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony in Shelburne, marking the transformation of a former motel which provided temporary housing for homeless Vermonters into a new neighborhood with affordable apartments and condominiums. Over a hundred people gathered to mark the occasion. The new Bay Ridge neighborhood, […]
HomeOwner University, underwritten by TD Charitable Foundation, is pleased to offer its Fall semester of classes to help homeowners achieve financial security and housing stability. Fall classes begin in mid-September and include: Psychology of Spending Savvy Saving and Investing Wills & Trusts Hands-on Home Maintenance Slash Your Energy Bills Refinancing Effective Homeowner Associations (HOA) Home […]
Putting the “Share” into Shared Equity Homeownership The day Dylan and Rebecca Merrifox sold their home was bittersweet. Selling the home, which is part of Champlain Housing Trust’s shared equity program, meant saying goodbye to a special place for their young family – even as they were excited for their next step. “It really was […]
Champlain Housing Trust offers its free Shared Equity Informational Meetings in 9 languages Contact us to request access English Español / Spanish Français / French नेपाली / Nepali Kiswahili / Swahili العربية / Arabic Soomali / Somali دری / Dari پښتو / Pashto What is the Shared Equity Informational Meeting? A meeting to learn about […]
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 […]
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. […]
Champlain Housing Trust announced an expansion of its program that provides a $25,000 forgivable loan to buyers who are Black, Indigenous or people of color and who are buying a permanently affordable home through the trust or its partner agencies across the state. Originally only operating in the northwest part of the state, the Homeownership […]
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 […]
CHAMPLAIN HOUSING TRUST ANNOUNCED TODAY that it has received a $20 million donation – the largest in its nearly 40 years of operations – from philanthropist and writer MacKenzie Scott through her philanthropic fund, Yield Giving. The gift will be used to advance CHT’s mission to support the people of northwest Vermont and strengthen their communities […]
Music Man Alban Malanda loves to connect with people. It’s one reason why he offered to serve as a member of Champlain Housing Trust’s Rental Resident Advisory Committee. He feels it’s important that residents have a place to advocate for themselves. “That’s a place where my voice can easily be heard relating to some […]
