Governor's Proposal All But Abolishes Peabody Housing Authority
Doing away with local housing boards and consolidating individual offices into six regional ones is Gov. Patrick's idea for addressing waste and corruption in the public housing system. Do you think that's a good idea?
The Peabody Housing Authority, one of 240 public housing authorities across Massachusetts, would all but vanish as part of a proposal from Gov. Deval Patrick to streamline public housing management operations. The purpose of local housing authorities is to manage and maintain subsidized housing and, often, to advocate for affordable housing for lower-income residents. The administration reportedly estimates the consolidation would save more than $10 million a year in salaries and administrative costs. According to the Boston Globe, while Gov. Patrick's proposal would centralize public housing management into six regional offices, a small number of managers and maintenance workers would remain at local housing authorities. And, says the …
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Saber Walsh
10:35 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
There's a lot of reorganization happening with the state. It's unclear as to whether this is to "reduce waste" or to create "uber-hack" positions. Most of the reorganizations happening in this administration are suspect, at best. For example, Patrick's recent announcement that the State Board of Pharmacy would be primarily lay people is about the dumbest thing I ever read. Would we sit back if … more ›