Her house is really in bad shape. They went in there. They robbed the government. That's what they done, now. Commissioner Andy Cheek agrees.
Homeowners qualify for various types of loans, based on their incomes.
And some repay the entire amount of the rehab cost. Mr. Williams and Mr. Cheek tried to do something about the rehab program in June when they asked some of the homeowners with major complaints to air them before the commission. Mr. Mack has been under fire for more than a year for not doing more to improve housing in the inner city. At the June meeting, Elaine Williams Jones recited a litany of problems her mother, Carrie Hatney, had experienced during the rehab of her Bryn Mawr Street home. Mrs. Hatney is elderly and was unable to come to the meeting, Mrs. Jones said.