CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A controversial proposal to place a transition home for youths in an East Brainerd neighborhood was back up for discussion Wednesday.

Broken Healer Ministries had applied for a zoning change so they could run this group home inside of the Shenandoah neighborhood in East Brainerd.

The ministry’s founder, Nirva Ache, says this home would help young adults who have aged out of the foster care system transition to adulthood.

Nearly 850 young adults age of the foster system each year in Tennessee, often with limited opportunities.

After widespread backlash from neighbors, concerned about who would be allowed to stay inside of that house, the Planning Commission recommended that the zoning request be denied.

Ache elected during today’s meeting to withdraw her r

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