Basic Needs Rapid Re-housing
Do you have unstable housing? Unsafe living situation? Homeless? Continual couch surfing or sleeping in your car? Are you evacuating your house?
If you are a Chico State student struggling with safe and affordable housing please fill out the easy Application for Assistance
If you find yourself in an emergency situation and need immediate assistance contact the University Police, 530-898-5555.
What is Basic Needs Rapid Re-housing?
Basic Needs Re-housing assists eligible Chico State students experiencing displacement, unsafe housing, potential homelessness (eviction) or homelessness with housing:
- Short-term (1-14 day) emergency shelter and temporary housing
- Transitional, rapid re-housing and permanent housing assistance
- Basic needs referral and homeless prevention services
- Off campus housing and rental market advising
- Housing navigation
- Cased managed basic needs grants and rental assistance
- Financial wellness and housing market literacy
- Housing consumer protection and legal services through CLIC (Community Legal Information Clinic)
Examples of Displacement, Homelessness, Unhoused, Notice of Late Payment or Eviction:
- Unhoused due to extenuating circumstance
- At high risk of homelessness or eviction after receiving a notice of late rent or eviction
- Escaping disaster, flood or climate fire leading to homelessness
- Displacement due to unsafe living conditions.
- No permanent address.
- Couch surfing, living in a car or places that are not intended for housing
- Unpredictable change in financial situation leading to displacement or homelessness
Eligibility
- Be in an unexpected housing situation, unhoused or homeless (see examples above) or have received a notice of late rent or eviction.
- Be an actively enrolled CSU, Chico undergraduate or graduate student.
- Be able to specifically document the nature of the housing crisis and current financial situation.
- Be willing to work towards housing by following through with a mutually agreed-upon action plan with a University case manager, which may include working with staff at: Financial Aid & Scholarship, Financial Wellness, Academic Advising, WellCat Counseling Center and other on and off-campus offices to improve financial, mental, and physical sustainability.
- If applicable, complete the FAFSA, (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), CADAA (California Dream Act Application), or equivalent. Note: Homeless, former foster youth, and unaccompanied homeless youth have financial aid access rights and are strongly encouraged to contact Basic Needs and PATH for additional support with financial aid applications
- If appropriate, must be actively pursuing part-time employment and all other means of self-support, if currently unemployed and able to work.
Not Eligible for Rapid Re-housing Support
- If you have the financial resources to afford housing.
- If you need it to pay for expected or planned housing expenses that could have been budgeted for.
