Tomorrow the Butte County Board of Supervisors will consider an ordinance that seeks to get people displaced by a wildfire into permanent housing sooner.
The proposed rule changes would affect residents living in temporary housing, such as an RV or mobile home, with plans to rebuild their homes destroyed in a fire.
If approved, residents in temporary housing will be subject to stricter construction requirements and deadlines. But they will also be allowed an extra year – three years, as opposed to the current two – to live in their RVs and mobile homes while they wait.
Paula Daneluk, the county’s director of development services, said the changes will ideally make the rebuilding process more streamlined for residents.
“We are continuing to work with our public and try to make sure that their journey towards permanent housing is as clear and as comfortable as we can make it through our processes,” Daneluk said.
A public hearing on the proposal is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday.
