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Residents press SFHA for follow-up on a homeless tenant's case and outline Resident Council Adviser program
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 27 meeting Maxine Jones and Roderick Whitley asked the Housing Authority to deliver a housing certificate and follow up on referrals; Margaret McNulty and others described a Resident Council Adviser (RCA) program that provides peer counseling, tenant education and conflict resolution services.
Three public commenters raised resident advocacy and follow-up concerns during the meeting's general public-comment period.
Maxine Jones told commissioners she has raised a case repeatedly on behalf of Roderick Whitley, who she said is homeless and living out of his car while raising two children. Jones said a staff member named Kendra had told Whitley she would contact the mayor's office and return his call but did not, and that Whitley had not received a housing certificate or accurate mailings. "Give this man his certificate so he can move on with his family," Jones said.
Roderick Whitley then addressed the commission and said, "I did not get no phone calls, no contact, and nothing from…
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