Chattanooga Housing Authority Board Chairman Eddie HolmesThe Westside Community Association is starting a petition drive to collect signatures from all public housing residents to oppose the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s proposed increase in its late fee for rent.
“We’re asking for a flat fee instead of a percentage,” said Dennis Westmeier, treasure of the Westside Community Association.
The Westside leaders are going door to door to get signatures, said Joe Clark, vice president of the Westside Community Association.
The goal is to get as many signatures as possible before the end of the comment period on May 20.
The housing authority is proposing to increase the late fee for rent from $5 to 10 percent of a public housing resident’s rent.