CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Following a shakeup on the board of the Development Corporation and ongoing questions about that board’s operations, the Clarksville Housing Authority has rescinded the Development Corporation’s funding streams and removed its assets of nearly $700,000.
The money is going back to CHA so that it can be used for public housing redevelopment, said Wanda Allen, the new executive director of CHA.
How we got here
The Development Corporation was formed in August 2021 to handle public housing redevelopment on behalf of the CHA. It secured two major tax credits in the last year to begin the long-sought redevelopment of Lincoln Homes. Over the years, however, it has also entered into ongoing contracts with former interim CHA Executive Director Dawn Sanders-Garrett that have led to her making over $300,000 a year. Sanders-Garrett also served as a member of the Development Corporation board that approved her contracts.
In recent months, with Allen stepping in as the new executive director, the CHA board has been questioning the Development Corporation’s operations…