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U.S. BANK AWARDS CHIP $15K FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | April 09 2019
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April 9, 2019
CHICO—U.S. Bank donated a $15,000 Community Possible grant to Community Housing Improvement Program to fund emergency preparedness and evacuation plans...read more
Young Murphy Commons Resident and Butte College Student Plans to Become a Surgeon
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | March 11 2019
Marlynn Bradley moved into Murphy Commons Apartments (owned and managed by CHIP) in Chico at the age of 11, when the property first opened in 2007. She shares an apartment with her grandmother.
...read moreCHIP PRESENTS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND PARTNER AWARDS
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | February 14 2019
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February 14, 2019
CHICO—Community Housing Improvement Program presented two organizations with a 2018 Outstanding Service Award and Outstanding Partner Award. UC...read more
COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WELCOMES NEW CEO
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | January 30 2019
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January 31, 2019
CHICO—Community Housing Improvement Program extends a warm welcome to its new President and CEO Seana O’Shaughnessy, who takes the reins February...read more
Camp Fire Survivor Finds New Home With CHIP
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | January 23 2019
Franciene Wells woke up early around 4 a.m. on the day of the Camp Fire and began her day like any other, spending time with her cat and preparing for her job as a property manager in Paradise....read more
CHIP GIVES BACK TO CAMP FIRE VICTIMS
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | January 15 2019
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January 15, 2018
CHICO—Community Housing Improvement Program recently donated nearly $70,000 to support Camp Fire Survivors.
In November CHIP lost Paradise...read more
‘It’s like we don’t exist’: California’s invisible rural housing crisis
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | January 03 2019
By Martin Kuz, Christian Science Monitor
Much has been written about the housing shortage in US cities from Boston to Boise. But behind the headlines, an unnoticed crisis is growing in America’s...read more
How Northern California’s destructive wildfires could exacerbate the state’s housing crisis
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | December 05 2018
By Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times
Northern California’s recent wildfires have burned homes at a greater pace than developers are building them, deepening a housing shortage that already has left...read more
Open Letter from a CHIP Staffer and Camp Fire Victim
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | December 03 2018
Editor's note: One of our staff members, Nicole Powers, and her family lost everything in the Camp Fire. In an effort to help, another staffer registered her family for an Adopt-A-Family Christmas...read more
Affordable Housing Community Destroyed in Camp Fire
Posted by desiree.gonzalez | November 28 2018
By Donna Kimura, Affordable Housing Finance Magazine
A 36-unit affordable housing development was destroyed along with much of its town when the devastating Camp Fire roared through Paradise,...read more