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Mayor John Cooper signing the $50 million legislation for homelessness on Oct. 5

Despite some skepticism, Metro councilmembers and local nonprofit leaders alike are celebrating the approval of a $50 million plan from the mayor's office as a big step forward in solving Nashville’s homeless crisis.

“It's definitely moving in the right direction, and on paper, $50 million sounds like a lot,” said India Pungarcher, the advocacy and outreach specialist at Open Table Nashville. “But that is going to be spent really quickly, and these are the types of investments that we desperately need our city to continue making year after year and not just this one time because we have an influx of federal funds.”