EHA AC policies tough on elderly

JULY 5: The Whittier Housing on McKinley Street. (Photo by Jim Mahoney)

Small units can’t keep up during withering heat waves

By JOSH RESNEK

Everett’s public housing is all about the mayor and what he does and what he fails to do.

That’s how it goes with public housing in Everett after 14 years of Carlo DeMaria.

“I am upset at how the mayor and who he has appointed, are running these residences and buildings,” said Councilor Gerly Adrien, a candidate for mayor.

She has a point.

The tenancy of the EHA has changed dramatically during the past decade.

The city’s public housing is a difficult collection of buildings and apartments.

No one in government in this city is to blame for the conditions of the public housing and the rules and regulations the tenants are governed by.

The mayor does all of that – or at least he is the overseer of the city’s public housing.

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