HOUSTON - Just when you think the Houston Housing Authority's controversial $100 million affordable housing complex at 800 Middle Street could get more "rotten"....it does.
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800 Middle Street project: HHA's safety oversight questioned
Houston's controversial affordable housing project at 800 Middle Street is under fire for submitting false info about a nearby radio tower.
Already under state scrutiny for building the project on a site surrounded by deeply contaminated properties - HHA is now under fire for submitting demonstrably false information crucial to gaining federal funding for the complex.
At issue - a gigantic radio tower located a matter of yards from the project.
The housing authority claimed that if the antennae somehow collapsed - it posed little danger to the structure because its fall zone was only 300 feet long.
The trouble is - the tower is actually 300 meters long - nearly a thousand feet - and if knocked down - could easily crash on much of the 800 Middle St. Complex...and the low-income folks compelled to live there.
Fox 26 was eager to get the new mayor's reaction - and he delivered.
"The tower is just one more component of poor decision-making by the Housing Authority, and I think you will be seeing some leadership changes there as soon as I can get out of here.", said Mayor Whitmire
I’ve covered some greed-driven boondoggles over the years...but this one may be the most blatant....