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Pittsburgh Chooses Embattled Oregon Executive to Lead Housing Authority
Mathews resigned from Portland’s Home Forward in May after an Oregon ethics probe opened over more than $100,000 in travel spending, reports said.
- On Thursday, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh board unanimously approved Ivory Mathews as its new executive director, ending a months-long search to replace retiring Executive Director Caster Binion.
- Mathews previously served as CEO of Home Forward in Portland, Oregon, but resigned in May following reports that she spent roughly $100,000 in agency funds on personal travel expenses over three years.
- The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is investigating allegations that Mathews used her position for financial benefit, including unrelated hotel stays and first-class travel upgrades during her Home Forward tenure.
- Defending the unanimous decision, HACP Board Chairman Wasi Mohamed called the appointment a "home-run hire," expressing confidence in Mathews' leadership despite the ongoing ethics inquiry.
- Succeeding outgoing Executive Director Caster Binion, Mathews will assume her role this fall, overseeing HACP's $255 million budget and serving about 8,500 households as the ethics investigation continues.
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Pa. city’s housing authority hires director under ethics investigation
A Pennsylvania city has hired a new housing authority director even though she is under an ethics investigation related to her former job in Oregon. On Thursday, Pittsburgh’s Housing Authority board unanimously approved the appointment of Ivory Mathews with chairman Wasi Mohamed calling it a “home-run hire,” reported WTAE-TV.
·Mechanicsburg, United States
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Pittsburgh Housing Authority names its next leader — 'home run hire' who’s in the middle of an ethics probe
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh selected its next executive director Thursday, Ivory N. Mathews, a longtime public housing leader who is...
·Pittsburgh, United States
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