HOMELESSNESS

Scottsdale’s transitional housing program to continue

City Council votes to spend $500K on hotel rooms for program

The Scottsdale city council voted 6-1 during its Sept. 19 meeting to pay the Independence 47 Hotel $500,000 in state grant money to rent 10 rooms for a transitional housing program for the coming year.

(INDEPENDENT NEWSMEDIA/J. GRABER)

The controversial plan to use 10 rooms at a local hotel as transitional housing for the homeless will move forward this year.

The Scottsdale city council voted 6-1 during its Sept. 19 meeting to pay the Independence 47 Hotel $500,000 in state grant money to rent the rooms for the coming year.

The rest of the $940,000 grant will be used to pay for wraparound service like food assistance and case management.

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