CHAT In The News!
News articles about CHAT, Homelessness & Housing in Butte County,
and Tiny Homes for the Unhoused
7/21/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Guest Commentary from fomer Chico Police Chief Mike Dunbaugh: Greater responsibility, understanding are past due
7/20/2021 - Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Gov. Newsom in Sebastopol to spotlight $12 billion in state aid for homeless services, housing
7/19/2021 - Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom
Governor Newsom Signs Historic Housing and Homelessness Funding Package
7/9/2021 - Chico News & Review
Court Order: Stay (Judge England enacts a preliminary injunction against the city of Chico)
6/30/2021 - KCRA-Sacramento
Advocates respond to Sacramento mayor's plan to require housing homeless
6/9/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
New Temporary Shelters Arrive for Everhart Village
6/7/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Federal Litigation Gets More Time, Homelessness Czar Quits
6/7/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Butte Strong Fund Approves $750,000 for Two Camp Fire Housing Programs
6/7/2021 - KRCR-ABC7 News
Tiny Homes Arrive for Everhart Village in Chico, One Step Closer to Opening by the Fall
6/4/2021 - Action News Now
5 CHAT Tiny Homes for the Homeless Are Almost Complete
5/31/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
New Chico Street Outreach Group Draws Local Scrutiny
5/31/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Council Quiet on Homelessness Case, Prompting Community Protest
5/21/2021 - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento CA Identifies Sites for Homeless Shelters, Camps, Tiny Homes
5/19/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico City Council Approves Spending CDBG Funds on Sheltering Options (CHAT granted $280,000 for our HUSH program)
5/21/2021 - Sacramento Bee
Sacramento CA Identifies Sites for Homeless Shelters, Camps, Tiny Homes
5/19/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico City Council Approves Spending CDBG Funds on Sheltering Options (CHAT granted $280,000 for our HUSH program)
5/10/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Federal Judge Grants Extension of City, Legal Services Hearing to June 11
5/08/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Anxiety, Fear, and Hope on Homelessness Split Open in Committee Forum
5/07/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Business Owners Share Concerns for Impacts of Homelessness
5/07/2021 - Naomi Klein in a special report for The Intercept
A Climate Dystopia in Northern California
5/06/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Police, Fire Representatives Discuss Campground Possibilities
5/04/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Advocates for Unhoused Residents Tell Chico Council They Want Solutions
4/30/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Community Members Share Opinions on Sanctioned Camping Area
4/28/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Mayor Creates Homeless Solutions Committee To Respond to Local Crisis
4/28/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Reaction: People Living in Park Talk Options After Restraining Order Extended
4/27/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Survey Asks People Without Homes How They Get Their Meals
4/26/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Transcript of Bobby Warren, et al., against City of Chico, et al.: "It's about what the law is'
4/20/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Seeking Solutions From the Top and On the Ground for Butte County Homelessness Crisis
4/12/2021 - Bloomberg.com
The High Cost of Clearing Tent Cities
4/12/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
With Greenway Evictions Halted, Community Members Organizing Cleanup
4/12/2021 - Kaiser Health News via North State Public Radio
"Go Ahead and Vote Me Out": What Other Places Can Learn From Santa Rosa's Tent City
4/05/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Tiny Home Village for Chronically Displaced in Oroville Has Housed People for One Year
4/05/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Mercy House Offers Safe Housing For Several Unhoused in Medical Treatment
3/25/2021 - Bloomberg.com
How California Set Off a Backyard Apartment Boom
3/21/2021 - Sightline Institute
Yes, Other Countries Do Housing Better, Case 1: Japan
3/19/2021 - CapRadio
California's Homeless Population Rose 7% to 161,000 Ahead of the Pandemic, New Report Finds
2/12/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
CHAT Acquires Larger Warehouse To Expand Basic Needs Program
2/05/2021 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Housing Market Opens 2021 With Tight Outlook
1/06/2021 - Community Solutions
Bakersfield and Kern County, California: A Functional Zero Case Study
1/03/2021 - Chico Enterprise Record
In a Housing Crisis, Service Providers Struggle to Find Property
11/17/2020 - Chico State Today
CSU, Chico Basic Needs Receives $870,000 Grant, Addresses Student Homelessness (mentions CHAT's student housing program)
11/15/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Why Land and building Costs Cripple a Diagnosed Housing Shortage Crisis
11/14/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Beating the Odds By Escaping Homelessness and Finding Family (article about CHAT's housing program and successes)
11/10/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
'It Changes Everything': CHAT Sees Great Needs For Housing, Basic Needs Items After Fires (article about CHAT's food and warehouse programs)
10/23/2020 - San Jose Spotlight
At New San Jose Shelter, Newsom Announces $200 Million More For Homeless Housing
8/17/2020 - KCRA-3 Sacramento
Sacramento's $62 Million Plan to Reduce Homelessness
8/13/2020 - East Bay Times
Santa Clara County Unveils Bold Plan to End Homelessness
8/09/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Suzi Kochems Takes On Role of Chico Homeless Solutions Coordinator
7/23/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Butte County Emergency Homeless Shelter Village Officially Moves Forward in Chico
7/13/2020 - ABC-10 Sacramento
Sacramento to Fund Tiny Homes for Self-Governing Homeless Sites
6/18/2020 - Los Angeles Times
Under Pressure, LA Agrees to Provide 6000 New Beds to Clear Homeless Camps Under Freeways
6/17/2020 - Reasons To Be Cheerful
Seattle's Tiny Houses Keep the Virus Out
5/26/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Despite Coronavirus, Some Find New Homes
5/12/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
4/07/2020 - Western Center on Law and Poverty
California Courts Issue Emergency Rules Halting Almost All Evictions in California
4/03/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Meet Joy Amaro, Chico 's New Homeless Solutions Coordinator During the Coronavirus Pandemic
3/17/2020 - San Francisco Chronicle
Coronoavirus and Homelessness: SF wants to house people in schools, churches
3/03/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico State Researchers Reveal Reality of Student Homelessness
2/27/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
New Affordable Housing Solutions Needed Quickly in Chico
2/22/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Free ADU Designs Available in Chico By Summer
2/18/2020 - The Stranger
Seattle City Council Votes to Allow Forty Transitional Encampments
2/13/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Homeless Seniors Find Little Help Available
1/29/2020 - Scoop.me
Finland Ends Homelessness and Provides Shelter For All Who Need A Roof For Everyone
1/14/2020 - San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Briefing: A Roof For Everyone - By Constitutional Amendment
1/13/2020 - Sacramento Bee
Newsom Homeless Task Force Wants CA To Require Cities To Meet Aggressive Housing Goals
1/08/2020 - Politico.com
Newsom Makes Homelessness His First 2020 Priority
1/04/2020 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Community Gathers to Highlight Work of Local Organizations at Respectful Revolution Party
1/02/2020 - Chico News and Review
Chico Vice Mayor Alex Brown: Resolving to do Better on Homelessness
12/14/2019 - KOMO News
Tacoma's First Tiny Home Village for Homeless To Open Next Week
12/05/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
The Complicated Process of Handling the Death of a Homeless Person
12/05/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
California To Send Millions of Dollars to Cities to Combat Homelessness
11/29/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Woman Found Dead Off The Esplanade Bike Trail
11/28/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Rural Homelessness Faces Unique Challenges in Chico
11/26/2019 - The California Aggie
Sacramento Considers Building Tiny House Village For Homeless
December 2019 - Harper's Magazine
Gimme Shelter: The High Cost of Living in the Bay Area
11/13/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Letter to the Editor: Simplicity Village Deserves a Chance
11/11/2019 - People Magazine
Vet Offers Tiny Homes to Female Vets Who Struggle To Get Back on Their Feet
11/08/2019 - Patch.com/Healdsburg
Tiny Homes, Big Heart: Houses for Camp Fire, Kincade Victims
11/06/2019 - Bloomberg.com
How California Became America's Housing Market Nightmare
10/24/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
10/17/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
Letter To The Editor from CHAT Supporter: Trying to Lighten the Rent Burden
10/12/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
League of Women Voters of Butte County Hosts Community Forum on Rental Housing
10/10/2019 - Chico News & Review
CN&R's Best of Chico: CHAT Named "Best Cause to Support"
10/07/2019 - 9News.com
Denver City Council Passes Zoning Change to Allow For More Tiny-House Villages for the Unhoused
10/03/2019 - Chico News & Review
9/24/2019 - Chico Enterprise-Record
City Votes to Move Ahead with Tiny Home Village in Special Meeting
9/18/2019 - Now This News
Video: French Designer Creates Tiny Lightweight Igloos for Unhoused Folks
9/01/2019 - People Magazine
Oregon Woman Turns School Buses Into Tiny Homes for Homeless
8/11/2019 - Chico News and Review
Guest Commentary from City Councilmember Scott Huber: A Plan to Address Homelessness in Chico
8/29/2019 - Chico News and Review
8/02/2019, Chico Enterprise-Record
Section 8 Voucher Holders Can't Find Housing Post Camp Fire
8/01/2019, Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Planning Commission Rejects Appeal of Simplicity Village, Allowing Village Plans to Go Forward
7/26/2019, Chico Enterprise-Record
Tiny Home Gives Small Glimpse Of Big Project
7/22/2019, Chico Enterprise-Record
Church Makes Donation Towards Tiny Home Village
7/18/2019, Chico Enterprise-Record
Butte County Snapshot of Homelessness Shows Increase from Camp Fire
7/17/2019, Butte County Continuum of Care
7/15/2019, Chico Enterprise-Record
CHAT Member Receives Check for Tiny House
7/11/2019, Chico News & Review