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Free Advocacy Training
07-Feb-2012

Want to learn how to get involved in the legislative process, communicate to public officials or..

Champlain Housing Trust Recognizes Leaders and Staff, Elects Board Members at Annual Meeting
30-Jan-2012

Approximately 175 members attended the Champlain Housing Trust’s Annual Meeting Saturday, ..

Steve Vasseur Named Employee of the Quarter
23-Jan-2012

On Friday, Senior Property Manager Steven Vasseur was recognized by his peers as the Champlain H..

Affordable Homes For Sale

CHT makes homeownership possible for many through our innovative program that provides down-payment grants to qualified buyers. In exchange for the grant, buyers share a portion of the home's increase in value with the next buyer when they sell. In this way, we are able to keep homes affordable forever. There are over 500 homes under our stewardship in this program.

CHT's shared-equity homeownership program won the United Nations World Habitat Award because it is sustainable and innovative – public grants are treated as permanent investments in affordable owner-occupied homes.

CHT's 507 shared-equity homes serve family after family without needing additional public investment, and the homes become more affordable over time even as sellers earn sufficient equity to purchase their next home in the private market.

A CHT home has never been lost from our portfolio due to foreclosure, and over the course of 25 years, only nine homeowners have undergone foreclosure. In each case the home was retained as permanently affordable and transferred to another eligible buyer.

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Colin and Sarah
Colin and Sarah Robinson

Colin and Sarah Robinson were high-school sweethearts growing up in Brattleboro. They were drawn to settle down in Burlington more…

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