After Regina city administration decided not to include an item on ending homelessness in the current proposed budget, two councillors have taken legal action.

Councillor Dan LeBlanc, a lawyer, is representing Councillor Andrew Stevens and Florence Stratton in the suit against Regina’s new city manager.

He says they have no other choice in order to try and get the item into the budget.

“From a political perspective we’re out of options as to what to get in that proposed budget and unfortunately that means only legal recourse was available, so the application was necessary.”

Regina Mayor Sandra Masters gave her personal opinion on the matter, calling it disgusting.

City administration says that the homelessness initiative wasn’t included due to the impact on taxes, which is an estimated 21 per cent hike.