Pulaski County Circuit Judge Cara Connors on Tuesday left in place her preliminary injunction barring the city of Little Rock from replacing two Little Rock housing commissioners who were ousted from the five-seat board.
The reconstituted board of commissioners of the Little Rock public housing authority on Wednesday voted to expel the board members of an affiliated development nonprofit known as the Central Arkansas Housing Corporation.
During the special-called meeting of the housing authority s board on Wednesday, Wright was joined by two new commissioners, Karen Buchanan and Bruce James. City board members confirmed Buchanan and James to the five-seat panel on Oct. 17, replacing Branndii Peterson and Louis Jackson.
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. on Tuesday announced that Assistant City Manager Emily Cox will serve as acting city manager until further notice following the death of Bruce Moore, the longtime city manager, over the weekend.
With two Little Rock housing commissioners ousted as of Tuesday and two others set to exit, four new faces are expected to join the five-seat board of the city s public housing authority in the near future.
The Little Rock Board of Directors on Tuesday voted to remove two members of the panel that oversees the city s public housing authority after extensive financial and management problems were identified by federal regulators.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is preparing to revoke agreements with the Little Rock public housing authority for Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program conversions tied to 137 units of housing, according to a letter delivered on Tuesday.
Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter made a verbal request for records pursuant to the state s open-records law during the monthly meeting of the Little Rock public housing authority s board of commissioners on Thursday.
Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter made a verbal request for records on behalf of the city pursuant to the state s open-records law during the monthly meeting of the Little Rock public housing authority s board of commissioners on Thursday.
Three commissioners on the Metropolitan Housing Alliance’s board were formally notified on Thursday that votes on their removal have been scheduled for Sept. 26.