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.