The Peoria Housing Authority is looking for its own chief executive officer to run the agency.
This comes about three years after the PHA tapped the Springfield Housing Authority's Jackie Newman to come in and improve operations, following the departure of the housing authority's last local manager. The PHA was rated substandard by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for several years prior to the management change-up.
In January, board chairman Carl Cannon said the desired improvements have taken hold since Newman came on board.
"This current contract with our friends -- and I do say our friends -- in Springfield has been amazing. We are progressing," Cannon said.