The Atlantic City Housing Authority has not complied with court orders dating to December 2022 because it had no architectural and engineering firm to prepare plans and bids for replacing the old heating system and gas lines, Executive Director Tom Sahlin testified Wednesday.
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Calling it "the biggest slumlord in Atlantic City" at a House Financial Services Committee meeting Wednesday, the fired former executive director of the Atlantic City Housing Authority described what he called "corrupt" practices that waste millions of dollars while residents live in unsafe and unhealthy conditions.
The lawyer for more than 130 residents of Stanley Holmes Village, suing over unhealthy conditions there, is asking a judge to require the Atlantic City Housing Authority to pay residents weekly until it follows court orders.
The Atlantic City Housing Authority has met some of the March 31 deadlines outlined in a recovery and action plan with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, but it missed the big one — to fix housing deficiencies found in inspections.