AUSTIN, Texas — Austin's city council members are figuring out how to spend money to help Austinites during the COVID-19 pandemic.
City leaders met Thursday morning to talk about how to split up $271 million.
So far, the city council has set aside more than $25 million for rental assistance. Another $23 million would go toward loans to help small businesses.
And at least $2.3 million will be taken away from testing to help vulnerable people, which could include buying or leasing more hotels to house homeless people or people who need a place to isolate away from family.
The city is already using four hotels for that purpose, and city council members could approve buying or leasing a fifth hotel soon.
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