The Wayne County board last night defied HUD’s federal housing board requirements when County board chairman Darrell Hargrave asked the board if they had any objections to the appointment of Linda Tucker to the Wayne County Housing board. No board members objected publicly.
The agenda item stated that executive Director of the Wayne County Housing Authority, Kim Musgrave was requesting the appointment of Tucker to serve in the resident commissioner’s seat for a five year term following the expiration of the term of Ronald Baker in June. Linda Tucker is not a resident of the Housing Authority and cannot satisfy the federal (24 C.F.R. 964.415(a)) resident-board-member requirement for the position.
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