A member of the Alexandria City Council has called for an immediate investigation into how Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) CEO Erik Johnson lived in a public housing property with his family in Old Town.
Johnson confirmed Wednesday that he moved into a property on Cook Street in July and is in the process of moving out. Johnson said that he was alerted that it was an issue by an ARHA Board member. Johnson was hired a year ago and started work in Sept. 2024.
“I stayed in an ARHA property temporarily while I was transitioning residences,” Johnson told ALXnow. “I will be vacating that, but it was for less than a month… We thought we had the approval to do it the right way. It was that that didn’t end up being the case, and so we’re moving.”…