Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing Grant

At a glance

What: RS2026-2149 appropriates a 5,000,000 dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Metro, through the Housing Division of the Metro Nashville Planning Department, for Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing.
Where it stands: Adopted July 21, 2026 as a late resolution, 33 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Sponsor: Council Member Toombs, who moved to suspend the rules to introduce it.

The Budget and Finance and Planning and Zoning Committees had approved the resolution. Toombs moved to suspend the rules of procedure to introduce a late-filed resolution; without objection, Toombs moved adoption.
Yes (33) Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Benedict, Harrell, Eslick, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Welsch, Vo, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Taylor, Druffel, Gadd, Johnston, Nash, Benton, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Lee, Ewing and Spain.
The same meeting approved, on consent, the 2026-2027 Annual Update to the Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (RS2026-2077) for submission to HUD.

Rules suspended for the late resolution; adopted 33-0-0.