Local Update: One year later, East Ridge motel still not fully reopened

November 30, 2023 at 9:00 p.m.

by Ellen Gerst

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Residents and officers stand outside the Budgetel on Nov. 16, 2022. After being told to leave the building, many residents of the Budgetel in East Ridge began packing their belongings.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Residents and officers stand outside the Budgetel on Nov. 16, 2022. After being told to leave the building, many residents of the Budgetel in East Ridge began packing their belongings.

Then: An East Ridge motel closed suddenly in November 2022 after being flagged as a nuisance by the Hamilton County District Attorney's Office, giving hundreds of people living there less than a day's notice to move out.

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