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(7/2/10): Corruption Within the CMHA Board? |
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The Cincinnati NAACP is very concerned about the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Board Members. The Cincinnati NAACP believes that CMHA Board Member(s) have been going in and out of the apartments of CMHA tenants. The Cincinnati NAACP would like to know if any CMHA Board Members have a criminal past or specifically a felony. The Cincinnati NAACP is very concerned that the CMHA Board Members have not been applying for the maximum capacity for vouchers. The Cincinnati NAACP is concerned that the current board has been intentional about keeping CMHA residents out of certain neighborhoods as a common practice. "The Cincinnati NAACP will get to the bottom of all of the above allegations", Smitherman says.
July 2, 2010 . Cincinnati NAACP Media Release . The Cincinnati NAACP is very concerned about the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Board Members. Christopher Smitherman and Attorney Chris Finney filed a lawsuit against the City of Cincinnati when Cincinnati City Council stripped the City Manager of his appointment power over the CMHA Board. City Council attempted to appoint Donald Driehaus to the CMHA Board. "The underbelly of City Council Members attempt to control the CMHA Board is very ugly," Christopher Smitherman, President of the Cincinnati NAACP says. The Cincinnati NAACP believes that CMHA Board Member(s) have been going in and out of the apartments of CMHA tenants. These are allegations that need to be investigated. The Cincinnati NAACP can not understand why a board member would ever need to go inside the private apartment of a CMHA tenant's home. "The Cincinnati NAACP is very aware that the Federal Government has already launched a federal investigation," Smitherman says. . The Cincinnati NAACP would like to know if any CMHA Board Members have a criminal past or specifically a felony. This is important because CMHA screens residents based on their criminal records. "How can CMHA screen residents based on a criminal record but not know if individual board members have a criminal past and/or a criminal record," Smitherman says. . The Cincinnati NAACP is very concerned that the CMHA Board Members have not been applying for the maximum capacity for vouchers. Also, the Cincinnati NAACP is concerned that the current board has been intentional about keeping CMHA residents out of certain neighborhoods as a common practice. "The Cincinnati NAACP will get to the bottom of all of the above allegations. Council Member Berding lead the effort to control the CMHA Board. It is hard for me to believe that Berding was not aware that major problems and possible racial discrimination was taking place. I think Berding broke the law in an attempt to support the practice of keeping CMHA residents out of his neighborhood," Smitherman says. . . |