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Sponsor: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

We believe in housing that is affordable for all. CHIP is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation serving Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Shasta, Sutter, Yuba and Colusa counties. We assist low-income and rural disadvantaged residents, seniors and others who lack financial resources or knowledge to improve or provide adequately for their housing. Our organization has built more than 2,600 housing units in our seven-county service area and is acknowledged as an innovator and leader in rural housing issues.

CHIP Turns 50: 50 years, thousands of homes, countless hope.

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

For 50 years, the Community Housing Improvement Project has helped create affordable housing opportunities in Chico and the surrounding counties with one common factor across the motivation, work, and people—it’s plain neighborly. […]


Resident Services: Workshops, after school programs and financial troubleshooting bring life to CHIP’s North Valley rental properties

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

The Community Housing Improvement Program believes rental complexes are more than opportunities for housing—they’re a chance for respite, self-improvement and community. […]


Dreaming of Owning a Home: the CHIP Self-Help program builds communities in the North Valley

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

CHIP’s Self-Help Housing Program partners with USDA Rural Development to develop land or buy finished lots to build subdivisions of about 10 to 50 houses for families whose income is at or below 80% of the area’s median income. […]


CHIP apartment complex

Welcome Home: CHIP puts stable housing within reach in California’s North Valley

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

California is in the midst of a housing crisis. Not only are costs and rents soaring across the state, but housing stock in the Chico area was decimated after the Camp Fire destroyed thousands of homes in 2018. Additionally, rural communities typically offer less rental housing opportunities than urban and suburban areas. In some communities, CHIP-run apartment complexes are the only apartment buildings in town. […]


A mother and her two daughters

More Than Housing: How CHIP Resident Services foster community and improve mental health

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

If you live in the North Valley, you may have heard of CHIP. You may even know what it stands for: Community Housing Improvement Program. But while the name may give you a clue about what CHIP does, it hardly paints the full picture. […]


Facilities manager stands at a community playground

Under Maintenance: CHIP’s Aaron McClaughlin tends the grounds—and the community

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

Before joining CHIP’s maintenance team close to 20 years ago, McLaughlin started his career as a general contractor and worked in apartment maintenance for market-rate rentals. Now, doing the same work for a nonprofit, McLaughlin has seen the full potential of his work when guided and motivated by a community’s needs. […]


A nonprofit housing program gets personal: Meet CHIP staffers who grew up in CHIP homes

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

For 50 years, CHIP has made it possible for thousands of local families to move into CHIP rental properties or self-built homes in Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Shasta, Sutter, Yuba and Colusa counties. Several CHIP workers were raised in CHIP homes, giving them special insights into the agency’s functions. […]


After the Paradise Camp Fire: CHIP gives survivors the chance to rebuild their lives

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

When Cherylynn Richmond heard CHIP was giving first priority to Camp Fire victims, they jumped at the chance to build and own their home. While the application and approval process took some time, they both say it’s an opportunity of a lifetime. […]


Beyond Affordability: How CHIP’s Maple Park Apartments in Live Oak help seniors find their community

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

Rent at Maple Park Apartments in Live Oak, California, is determined by income. But more than amenities, it’s the sense of community that keeps Maple Park seniors happy. […]


CHIP helps working families in Northern California rent comfortable homes in a caring community

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

It was 2010, and Rachel Nohrden, a single mother and full-time nurse, was priced out of the Redding rental market. “I was actually born and raised in Santa Cruz County, … and I moved to […]


Learn how Chico’s Community Housing Improvement Program gives people the opportunity to build their own home—from the ground up

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

CHIP gives people the support and advice needed to build their own home–allowing them to secure a major piece of the American Dream. […]


People stand on the porch of a small home

CHIP, a Chico nonprofit, has spent the past 50 years helping local residents find a place to call home

Sponsored by: Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

A home is more than four walls and a roof: It is safety, it is security and it’s a foundation upon which people build lives and futures. Since 1973, Community Housing Improvement Program, better known […]


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    Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP)

    published 12 articles

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    published 1 article

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