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Residents of senior mobile home parks in Chico have another chance at seeing rent stabilization as city council members discuss this and other topics at their meeting tomorrow.
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Affordable housing in Chico is being produced at the highest rate in the city’s history. This news comes amid a new Harvard University study finding Chico has the second highest number of cost-burdened households in California. Also, Chico State plans to host a forum on the hotly debated Valley’s Edge Specific Plan that’s set to go before Butte County voters in March, and Butte County is holding a series of workshops about Proposition 1, that if passed, will refocus billions of dollars of funds to serve those with the severest mental health needs.
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The Chico City Council called an emergency meeting over the weekend regarding Safe Space winter shelter. The meeting comes after Safe Space moved its intake center to the city’s “Our Hands” sculpture on Friday night due to receiving a fine for using the former 7-Eleven downtown. Also, some residents have had close calls walking or biking through intersections in downtown Chico that don’t have crosswalk signals but Caltrans says more will be installed this summer, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors will vote on accepting grants that would be used to hire year-round defensible space inspectors.
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A federal disaster recovery grant led to approvals this year to build affordable, multifamily rentals in Paradise. In 2023, the town approved three times as many affordable units as it had before the fire.
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Residents of a 55-plus mobile home park in Chico are speaking out against rent increases in their community. In January, the seniors will have endured three 10% hikes since last year.
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Several unhoused people have been cleared from encampments in Chico in recent months. Another sweep is planned in recent weeks. Campers at sites that were enforced last week told NSPR they have nowhere else to go.
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The relocation of Show Love Thrift comes after the Chico City Council approved a new cannabis dispensary called Cloud Chaser in April.
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There are currently over 1,200 unhoused people living in Butte County according to the 2023 Point-in-Time count, which surveys unhoused residents. Nearly 1,000 of those counted live in Chico where the debate about how to best help our unhoused neighbors continues.
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The city of Chico removed unhoused residents and cleaned up trash in half of Depot Park downtown yesterday (Aug. 10). It was the site of the last large homeless encampment in the city. NSPR's Alec Stutson was there.
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The city of Chico removed unhoused residents and cleaned up trash from half of Depot Park yesterday with plans to clear the other half soon. Also, a month ago the rate of positive COVID-19 cases in Butte County was about 6%, now it’s 19%, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors approved using funding from an opioid settlement for a sobering center.