Housing & homelessness

North State Shelter Team hits landmark 2000th shower

North State Shelter Team hits landmark 2000th shower

At City's Alternate Site for the homeless, volunteers provide relief
Chico voters rejecting planned community Valley's Edge

Chico voters rejecting planned community Valley’s Edge

Environmental costs and traffic influenced voters
Unsheltered, Tom Covington faces hostility and sometimes violence

Unsheltered, Tom Covington faces hostility and sometimes violence

Unhoused are not protected under hate crime law in California
Emergency meeting violates Brown Act

Emergency meeting violates Brown Act

"Urgency" and "emergency" different things, attorney says
Safe Space leadership plans to meet with City officials

Safe Space leadership plans to meet with City officials

City threat to shut down intake threatens winter sheltering program
City threatens legal action against councilmember

City threatens legal action against councilmember

First Amendment attorney: amicus doesn't justify closed session
Unhoused people say they're targeted, misunderstood

Unhoused people say they’re targeted, misunderstood

A BB gun shooting interrupts an autumn morning
Pallet shelters offer refuge, future

Pallet shelters offer refuge, future

Evictions are ongoing as City faces persistent homelessness
Chico's unhoused use survival strategies

Chico’s unhoused use survival strategies

Extreme weather makes homelessness tougher than ever
Housing Element gets nod from both state and Council

Housing Element gets nod from both state and Council

Will plan produce more low-income housing?
Affordable housing comes on line in Butte

Affordable housing comes on line in Butte

Demand fierce; homelessness unresolved
The American lottery: affordable housing

The American lottery: affordable housing

Demand intense for low-income housing in Butte