39 Central Square, Suite 202

Keene, New Hampshire 03431

603 357-7603

 

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Cheshire Housing Trust (CHT) is a community land trust established in 1987 to provide permanently affordable housing opportunities to low and moderate income residents of Cheshire County.  It has a board of directors who represent both the community's interest in affordable housing and the interests of the residents.  

 

Cheshire Housing Trust:

 

  1. Owns and manages 63 affordable apartments in the following buildings:
    • Eighteen rooms and one apartment in the Hampshire House, a historic rooming house located near downtown Keene.
    • Twenty apartments at five different locations in Keene
    • Five apartments leased to Southwestern Community Services and used for the transitional housing program.
    • Ten apartments at three locations in Marlborough.
    • Nine apartments in the rehabilitated former Hinsdale High School.

 

            Looking for an affordable apartment or room?  Please call our office at 603-357-7603. 

 

  1. Is a HUD-certified housing counseling organization providing homeownership education and counseling as well as housing counseling for tenants and people looking for housing.  This program runs six free First Time Homebuyer Seminars each year. 

     

      Do you want to learn about buying a home? 

      Contact Sue Walthour at homeownership@cheshirehousingtrust.org

 

Cheshire Housing Trust is a nonprofit organization and a member of the Monadnock United Way.  It obtains its funding from rents, United Way funds, and donations.  It has an active board which seeks to reduce costs by organizing volunteer maintenance work. 

                                                                                     

            Can you help?  CHT is a grassroots organization which depends on the work of local community members to serve on the Board and committees, help with our annual Garden Tour which is our major fundraiser, and/or help with painting, landscaping, and other maintenance projects.  If you would like to help, we can find a way!

 

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