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New PHA Boss Orders Staffers To Return Expensive Gifts

The interim executive director of the PHA, Michael Kelly, has sent staffers a memo asking anyone who received the Tumi designer bags to return them.

2011/01/13

Legal Disputes Building After PHA Chief’s Firing

The lawsuits are mounting in the Philadelphia Housing Authority controversy involving PHA’s former executive director, Carl Greene. He was fired in September, over sexual harassment allegations.

2010/12/08

Fired PHA Head Carl Greene Demands $4 Million From City

Carl Greene, the fired former executive director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority, is demanding millions of dollars to make his federal lawsuit against the agency go away.

2010/11/12

(NYC housing authority director Michael Kelly. Photo provided)

Philly’s New Interim Housing Head Is A Loaner From NYC

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has loaned the general manager of that city’s housing agency, Michael Kelly, to serve as interim housing chief here.

2010/11/04

(Former PHA head Carl Greene, in file photo)

Search For Replacement PHA Director Coming Up Empty

It’s been more than a month since Carl Greene was ousted, and still there’s been no replacement named.

2010/10/29

Is PHA’s Greene Controversy Distracting Agency From Work?

A group fighting urban blight wants to have a meeting with the Philadelphia Housing Authority to determine whether the Carl Greene controversy has been a distraction in tending to boarded-up, vacant homes under PHA control.

2010/10/13

He Said, He Said at State Hearing on Troubled Philadelphia Housing Agency

Mayor Nutter and Philadelphia Housing Authority chairman John Street painted very different pictures of the situation at the PHA as they appeared before lawmakers today to discuss possible changes to the agency’s structure.

2010/10/07

Nutter Wants Power to Appoint PHA Board Members

Mayor Nutter travels to Harrisburg today to testify on reforming the troubled Philadelphia Housing Authority. Nutter’s prescription: give the mayor power to appoint all the board members.

2010/10/07

PHA Boss Carl Greene Fired

The embattled executive director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority was fired Thursday, weeks after allegations surfaced that he used public money to settle sexual harassment complaints and coerced top employees to pay into a slush fund.

2010/09/24

Street: New Allegations Against Greene Are Credible

Philadelphia Housing Authority board chairman John Street says additional allegations of sexual harassment against director Carl Greene are, in his view, credible.

2010/09/09

Street Sees Money Grab in Lawsuit Against PHA

KYW Newsradio Team Coverage – The latest twist in the ongoing saga of embattled Philadelphia Housing Authority director Carl Greene comes in a federal lawsuit filed by Greene against the PHA board — a lawsuit […]

2010/09/08

Law Firm Says It Got Axed Over PHA Disclosure Clash

A law firm that worked on sexual harassment cases involving Philadelphia housing director Carl Greene (photo) says it was fired after insisting Greene’s supervisors be told of the allegations.

2010/09/03

HUD Auditing Philly Housing Agency Amid Sex Claims

The PHA Director was placed on leave amid revelations the agency agreed to pay nearly $900,000 to settle four sexual-harassment complaints.

2010/08/27

Still More Questions Arise About PHA Boss Carl Greene

A day after the board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority suspended executive director Carl Greene as they look into allegations of sexual misconduct (see related story), questions remain about what’s going on with Greene at […]

2010/08/27

PHA Board Votes to Put Director Greene on Paid Leave

The board of the Philadelphia Housing Authority voted this afternoon to put embattled director Carl Greene on paid leave as the agency investigates sexual harassment and other complaints against him.

2010/08/26