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Fair Housing Council report accuses Memphis Housing Authority of poor communication and wrongful voucher terminations
Summary
The Fair Housing Council of Metropolitan Memphis told commissioners it documented multiple failures at the Memphis Housing Authority, including poor customer access, delayed responses, and voucher terminations without notice; commissioners requested the county attorney follow up and indicated they would notify the city council and HUD.
Shanice Anthony, executive director of the Fair Housing Council of Metropolitan Memphis, presented a special report to county commissioners March 25 alleging a pattern of administrative failures at the Memphis Housing Authority (MHA).
Anthony said the council received roughly 150 calls before the report's release and had recorded many additional contacts since. She described multiple types of failures: long delays in responding to tenant inquiries; inaccessibility of records (some files…
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