Hosted by Richard Winham and Mal O’Connell, On The Outside In Chattanooga is a conversation with people living on the street in Chattanooga along with the army of professionals working to help them. Like the blind men and the elephant trying to grasp the enormity of the problem, Richard and Mal spent 18 months in understanding that it’s not one problem or one person, but a huge shifting population of people each with their own unique perspective. Realizing that helped them to tell the story one topic at a time.
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Hosted by Richard Winham and Mal O’Connell, On The Outside In Chattanooga is a conversation with people living on the street in Chattanooga along with the army of professionals working to help them. Like the blind men and the elephant trying to grasp the enormity of the problem, Richard and Mal spent 18 months in understanding that it’s not one problem or one person, but a huge shifting population of people each with their own unique perspective. Realizing that helped them to tell the story one topic at a time.
For too many people in Chattanooga, the cost of renting an apartment is beyond their means. According to Zumper, an online apartment search site, in the last year, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Chattanooga jumped by 18.3% over the past year to an average rent of $1,550 a month, Realtors are reporting that the rise in rental prices is now slowing, but for many people finding affordable housing is almost insurmountable. And when they lose their job and don’t have a family to help them until they find a job, they have no other option than to live on the street. According to the CHATT Foundation over 4000 people, including over 1000 school-age children, were forced to live on the street in Chattanooga last year.
In this second part of a two-part look at the fundamental issue facing both the city and the unsheltered--finding an affordable place to live, we talked to Casey Tinker, the manager of The City of Chattanooga’s Office of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. Mr. Tinker talked about the city’s plans to convert the Airport Inn motel on Lee Highway into 80 apartments along with an on-site support staff helping people with the practical and emotional challenges they face as they leave the ad hoc community on the street to independent living in an apartment.
On The Outside In Chattanooga
Hosted by Richard Winham and Mal O’Connell, On The Outside In Chattanooga is a conversation with people living on the street in Chattanooga along with the army of professionals working to help them. Like the blind men and the elephant trying to grasp the enormity of the problem, Richard and Mal spent 18 months in understanding that it’s not one problem or one person, but a huge shifting population of people each with their own unique perspective. Realizing that helped them to tell the story one topic at a time.
