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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 29, 2022

A Hamilton County resolution providing $50,000 to support temporary housing for displaced guests of the Budgetel Inn went into effect Christmas Eve without Mayor Weston Wamp's signature, according to an email to commissioners, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports. The funding was part of an agreement with the city of Chattanooga that provided a total of $100,000 to the Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition to extend hotel stays for families who had previously lived at the Budgetel Inn in East Ridge. The motel housed hundreds of people when it was shut down Nov. 16. Both boards approved their $50,000 support unanimously. Wamp, however, released a statement saying the "resolution came together hastily and lacked protections to ensure taxpayer money would only go to people in need."