CHICO HOUSING ACTION TEAM

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From Homelessness to Housing:

Making a Difference In Chico Since 2013

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Chico Housing Action Team's mission is to ensure that everyone in our community has access to housing

they can afford.

What CHAT Does:

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We master-lease multi-bedroom homes, then sub-lease the rooms to individuals or lease entire homes to families, all at market rates.

We also provide the property maintenance, volunteers who provide emotional and life-skills support, and case managers who help provide access to services.

For CampFire and North Complex Fire survivors, we have a special program called CHAMP that provides landlord incentives to rent to fire survivors who may not have the credit or income to rent from traditional landlords.

We help create the stability people need to make progress in their lives!

See our Housing Programs page for more details about all of our current housing programs.

CHAT resident Kristen and her young daughter enjoying a Chico park

There's FAR more demand for affordable housing in Butte County than available supply -
and that will likely be the case for years.

April 2021: CHAT Signs Contract with Butte County for Everhart Village!

​In early April 2021, CHAT signed the contract for Everhart Village with the County of Butte Departments of Behavioral Health and Employment & Social Services. Seen here are CHAT Executive Director Leslie Johnson with Don Taylor, the County of Butte Housing and Homelessness Administrator. This tiny-home emergency shelter project will be exclusively for Behavioral Health clients who are un-sheltered and struggling to keep up with appointments and treatment plans. We hope to be able to open Everhart Village by late 2021. Read the full announcement here.

CHAT VIDEOS!

Stories about CHAT Residents and homelessness in Chico

April 2021: The "Many Programs of CHAT" video is here! We've been documenting our progress at providing truly affordable housing to low income and unhoused citizens in the past seven years., starting with our flagship program, Housing Now, followed by Harmony House, HUSH, CHAMP, Redwood Housing, Veterans House, and Mercy House, plus the planned Everhart Village, and our support programs for residents with our donated-furniture warehouse program and our food distribution program. This is what a few determined and extremely compassionate citizens can achieve when people fall through the cracks then get lifted up.

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OTHER CHAT VIDEOS:

CHAT'S HOUSING PROGRAMS