The Chattanooga City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to allocate $50,000 to help keep people displaced from the Budgetel Inn housed in hotel rooms.
Council members approved their end of an agreement between the city and county following a presentation from the city’s Office of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition.
“I’m a little perplexed why anyone would begrudge taxpayer dollars going to help and aid in a human crisis such as this,” council member Chip Henderson of Lookout Valley said during an agenda review meeting Tuesday.
The Hamilton County Commission is set to vote on its own proposed $50,000 contribution during a meeting Wednesday morning.