{"id":572,"date":"2021-03-31T18:37:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=572"},"modified":"2021-04-06T21:07:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T21:07:50","slug":"washington-city-paper-the-drama-at-dcha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/572","title":{"rendered":"Washington City Paper: The Drama at DCHA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is the latest at DC Housing Authority? \u201cI plead the Fifth.\u201d<\/div>\n
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March 30, 2021<\/p>\n

If you are not following the happenings over at D.C. Housing Authority\u2014the independent agency responsible for the city\u2019s public housing and one of D.C.\u2019s biggest landlords\u2014you should be. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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The latest development is that a senior vice president within the agency pleaded the Fifth during a lawsuit over a former employee\u2019s termination. Chelsea Andrews<\/b> claims DCHA Executive Director Tyrone Garrett<\/b> fired her after she questioned the procurement and authenticity of KN95 masks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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DCHA Senior VP for Property Management Operations Larry Williams<\/b> pleaded the Fifth in his deposition due to an unrelated proceeding. He is named in a federal grand jury subpoena issued to a housing authority in a small town in northern Illinois that he ran from 2009 to 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Read more of that story here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Andrews first filed the lawsuit against the DC Housing Authority on July 29<\/a>, 2020. A lot has happened since. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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A timeline<\/b> <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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