Program Helps Low-Income Orland Residents Hand-Build and Buy New Homes

By KRCR News Channel 7

ORLAND, Calif. - Thanks to the Community Housing Improvement Program, or CHIP, nine families moved into their brand new homes, Wednesday.

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