Butte County

Housing

Housing units completed 2019 - 2024

7,936

Homelessness

Unsheltered homelessness change since 2023

No new data

Behavioral health

Number of people enrolled in Full-Service Partnerships

189
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HOMELESSNESS

METRICS

Butte COUNTY IS SERVED BY

Chico, Paradise/Butte County Continuum of Care

1,381

PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 2024

red arrow up icon, which represents negative trend 11.6%

since 2023

580

PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN 2024

No new data

since 2023

1,726

TOTAL YEAR-ROUND BEDS IN 2024

green arrow up icon, which represents positive trend 31.3%

since 2023

Butte County’s plan to reduce homelessness

STATE PROGRAM SNAPSHOT

Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) funding rounds 1-5

$14 million

HHAP funding awarded in the Butte area 2019 - 2025

Of this, $14 million went directly to Butte County. So far, they have:

  • Obligated $10.5 million
  • Spent $8.8 million

From January 2023 to June 2025, HHAP funding in the area:

CONNECTED
2,724 PEOPLE
TO SERVICES
HOUSED
481 PEOPLE

Caltrans Encampment Removals:

10 ENCAMPMENTS REMOVED
IN Butte COUNTY from July 1, 2021
to February 13, 2026

Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) - rounds 1-3, January 2022 to June 2025

$8.2 million

ERF FUNDING AWARDED IN THE Butte AREA

Of this, $1.1 million went directly to Butte county. So far, they have:

  • Obligated $1.1 million
  • Spent $875,544

ERF projects in the area have:

SERVED
280 PEOPLE
AS OF June 2025

Continuum of Care only conducted a sheltered homelessness count in the most recent count.

Contact the Butte County Board of Supervisors for more information.

Data last updated 2026-02-26

Note: Some data may only update yearly. See Data sources for more details.