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Chattanooga council members prioritize new approaches to homelessness
Summary
At a strategic planning session, Chattanooga City Council members identified homelessness as a top citywide priority and discussed low- or no‑barrier shelter options and coordinated responses involving social services, enforcement and funding.
Chattanooga City Council members spent a central portion of a strategic planning session discussing homelessness, calling for new policy approaches and support services while acknowledging the problem has multiple causes and no easy solutions.
Council members said homelessness surfaced repeatedly while they were on the campaign trail and asked the council to consider both emergency shelter capacity and programs to help people transition off the street. The conversation ranged from group-level strategy to proposals for low‑ or…
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