Join U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders*, CHT leaders past and present, and state and local officials to celebrate the 500th home coming under CHT’s permanently affordable homeownership stewardship.
Where: 170 North Champlain Street, Burlington
When: Monday, September 26th, 10:30 A.M.
RSVP: 862-6244 or chris@champlainhousingtrust.org
*Schedule permitting.
Tags: Champlain Housing Trust
Press Release: CHT, February 15, Contact: Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations, Champlain Housing Trust, 861-7305.
Photo credit: Brett Lupfer, for the Champlain Housing Trust
“Burlington, VT – At the Champlain Housing Trust’s Annual Meeting Saturday, January 29, former Senator Susan Bartlett was presented with the Tim McKenzie Award for Outstanding Contributions to Perpetually Affordable Housing, and two other local volunteers were recognized for their efforts in support of the Housing Trust’s mission. [More ...]
Tags: Alec Barclay, Champlain Housing Trust, Former Sen. Susan Bartlett, Tim Gutchell
Source: The Urban Institute, October 2010
A report was published that looked at Champlain Housing Trust’s shared equity homeownership program (Community Land Trust: CLT). The report, “Balancing Affordability and Opportunity: An Evaluation of Affordable Homeownership Programs with Long-term Affordability Controls,” looked at seven different homeownership programs throughout the nation. The report found that the shared equity programs are successful in creating homeownership opportunities for lower income families; they allow the purchasers to accumulate assets, while, at the same, time they create and grow a sustainable affordable housing stock.
Full Report: Balancing Affordability and Opportunity.
More information: Champlain Housing Trust Website.
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Source: Champlain Housing Trust, October 25, 2010
“BURLINGTON – Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, in partnership with Vermont Housing & Conservation Board and Champlain Housing Trust, has received a $350,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The two-year grant will be used to demonstrate how deep energy efficiency retrofits in single- and multi-family residences can make housing permanently and comprehensively affordable by reducing energy usage and costs. [More ...]
Tags: Champlain Housing Trust, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, energy efficiency, Grant Announcement, rental property, Vermont Energy Investment Corp., Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
Source: WCAX.com, October 11, 2010
“There was a ground breaking Monday for a new affordable housing project on Susie Wilson Road in Essex.
Funding for the more than 5.5 million dollar project came from a variety of sources including a federal grant that Senator Bernie Sanders helped to secure. Snyder Homes is building the apartments and will sell them to the Champlain Housing Trust and Housing Vermont. The Cedar’s Edge Apartments are being constructed to the VHFA’s Green Building standards and will nearly double the number of affordable rental units in Essex. [More ...]
Tags: Affordable Housing, Cedar's Edge Apartments, Champlain Housing Trust, Housing Vermont, Senator Bernie Sanders, Snyder Homes, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Source: Champlain Housing Trust Press Release, June 24
“A report released recently by a researcher at Vanderbilt University in partnership with the National Community Land Trust Network found that conventional homeowners were eight times more likely to be in the process of foreclosure than owners of community land trust homes at the end of the 4th quarter of 2009. The Champlain Housing Trust (CHT), a member of the Network and a participant in the study, had no foreclosures in 2009 among its portfolio of 477 resale–‐restricted homes in northwestern Vermont. [More ...]
Tags: Champlain Housing Trust, Foreclosure
Source: WCAX, June 23, 2010
“A Swanton neighborhood is expanding.
Blake Commons is an affordable housing complex at an old meat packing facility across from the town ball fields. The complex is made up of 16 energy-efficient apartments, including 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units. Residents will start moving in next week. [More ...]
Tags: Blake Commons, Champlain Housing Trust, Swanton
Source: Press Release, May 17
“Burlington, VT, May 17, 2010 — The CASH Coalition of Chittenden County will offer a “Free Credit Score” Day on May 19 at 88 King Street in Burlington from 3-7 pm. Open to those with household incomes of less than $50,000, the first 50 participants will get their credit scores for free, together with the opportunity to review their credit report one-on-one with a credit counselor. [More ...]
Tags: Champlain Housing Trust, Credit Score
“A New Way Forward: Finding a More Sustainable Strategy for Expanding Homeownership
February 24, 2010, 9:00am – 10:30am [More ...]
Tags: Brenda Torpy, Champlain Housing Trust, Foreclosures, Leahy
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