Smith cast the deciding vote in a 3-2 decision to buy the hotel in February. The transitional housing plan drew pushback from nearby business owners.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Clackamas County is halting a plan to purchase a Quality Inn to serve as transitional housing after County Chair Tootie Smith announced at an emergency meeting Wednesday morning that she has reversed her earlier vote in favor of the purchase.
The county commissioners voted 3-2 in February to buy the building for $15.2 million, primarily using state and Metro affordable housing bond funds.
“I was elected to solve problems,” Smith said at time. “This is something
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