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Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown has advanced the nomination of Adrianne Todman as the next deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Todman was approved by a voice vote. If approved by the full Senate, Todman – who led the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and held previous positions at HUD - will become thefirst Black woman to serve as the agency’s second-in-command. Read on for details.
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An independent audit of three D.C. Housing Authority contracts found the agency wasted about $1.3 million, a source familiar with the document tells LL. DCHA did not disclose the audit or its findings in its responses to the D.C. Council’s annual oversight questions despite a specific request to list any ongoing or completed audits during fiscal years 2020 and 2021 to date.
LL also requested the auditor’s report back in August through the Freedom of Information Act, but DCHA has so far failed to provide it. A source familiar with the document described the audit’s findings to LL.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) - During the 10 months they’ve spent hunkered down in a military barracks turned housing project, the grandson has grown taller and the grandmother has gotten smaller.
Rochelle Woody and her grandson Omari Scott stand for a portrait near the home they share in Washington, U.S. December 9, 2020. Picture taken December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Rochelle Woody has been the towering figure in her grandson’s world since luck brought them together a decade ago when Omari Scott was 6. At age 71, Rochelle now leans over a cane after two recent spinal surgeries. Omari lifts barbells in the living room at night, and hears her praying in bed. She wants to keep a roof over their heads. Their landlord, the District of Columbia Housing Authority, has been seeking their eviction.
Special Report: Sheltering: Grandmother and grandson live under eviction, Covid threats By Joshua Schneyer
Woody and her grandson Scott stand for a portrait near the home they share in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) – During the 10 months they’ve spent hunkered down in a military barracks turned housing project, the grandson has grown taller and the grandmother has gotten smaller.
Rochelle Woody has been the towering figure in her grandson’s world since luck brought them together a decade ago when Omari Scott was 6. At age 71, Rochelle now leans over a cane after two recent spinal surgeries. Omari lifts barbells in the living room at night, and hears her praying in bed. She wants to keep a roof over their heads. Their landlord, the District of Columbia Housing Authority, has been seeking their eviction.