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Camp Fire recovery funds help build affordable senior housing in Chico
Camp Fire recovery funds are helping build Humboldt Road Senior Housing in Chico, an 80 apartment community with rental assistance for 25 units.
A vacant site on Humboldt Road in Chico is set to become an affordable rental community for older adults, with rental assistance tied to 25 apartments. Nonprofit developer Christian Church Homes marked the start of the project with a groundbreaking on Thursday, November 5th, at 2790 Humboldt Road near Yosemite Drive.
The Humboldt Road Senior Housing development will bring 80 apartments to nearly five acres. Chico’s planning documents describe 79 affordable senior rentals and one apartment for the property manager. The plans call for one bedroom apartments grouped in 20 single story buildings, along with a clubhouse, laundry facilities and space for a community garden.
Part of the funding comes from a federal disaster recovery grant intended to address housing needs that remained after the 2018 Camp Fire. The Housing Authority of the County of Butte is providing 25 rental assistance vouchers for the development. Those vouchers are tied to specific apartments at the property and help eligible households pay rent.