MANSFIELD — It will likely be a year before the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority can break ground on an expansion of its Turtle Creek apartment complex. That hasn’t stopped executive director Steve Andrews from considering possibilities for the agency’s next project. The Turtle Creek extension project, at the 300 block of James Avenue, will create […]
Metro Housing Turmoil 2023
Posted inNews
Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority fires Hartzler & tenant counselor
MANSFIELD — Stephanie Hartzler was officially removed from her position as acting executive director of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority at their meeting on Tuesday. Removing Hartzler as acting executive director was on the Feb. 13 board meeting agenda, but the five board members at the time couldn’t agree on the action. Since then, two […]
Posted inHousing, News
Business as usual: MMHA board advances projects with new appointees
MANSFIELD — Kathy Shambre said she was grateful for the full agenda at Tuesday’s Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority meeting. Shambre said MMHA board members completed a number of objectives Tuesday after a court order removed two former board members, including approving the minutes from 10 meetings since Aug. 23. “We just hope that things go […]
Posted inNews
Richland County Judge removes 2 Mansfield metro housing board members
MANSFIELD — Two former members of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority who refused requests to resign have been removed by court order. Richland County Common Pleas Judge Brent Robinson ruled Monday that Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker has the power to remove his board appointees, Debra Chase and Isoleen Dunn. “I’m pleased with his decision,” Theaker […]
Posted inHousing, News
MMHA board votes to reinstate Andrews, some question legality
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority board voted to Friday to reinstate recently terminated executive director Steve Andrews, against the advice of its then-legal counsel. Board members voted 3-1 to reinstate Andrews, who was terminated by a 3-0 vote on Jan. 24. Chairwoman Kathy Shambre and board members Ron Biddle and Barbara Fulton voted […]
Posted inNews
Judge bars 2 MMHA board members from serving until lawsuit decided
Editor’s Note Editor’s Note: Events in this story took place prior to reinstatement of Steve Andrews as executive director of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority during a meeting on March 3. MANSFIELD — Judge Brent Robinson has barred two board members of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority from voting in future meetings until a lawsuit against […]
Posted inHousing, News
Mansfield mayor files lawsuit against two metro housing board members
MANSFIELD — Who are the current members of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority? It will be up to the courts to decide. Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker filed a lawsuit Friday seeking a declaratory judgement from the Richland County Common Pleas Court. In other words, Theaker’s office asked the court to issue a judgment on whether […]
Posted inHousing, News
Dueling agendas: Mansfield Metro board schedules special meeting Feb. 13
MANSFIELD — What will be the outcome of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority board meeting Monday? It depends on whose agenda prevails. The board is set to discuss numerous and sometimes conflicting agenda items during a special meeting Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. Board chair Kathy Shambre said she generated some items on Monday’s agenda. Others were submitted by […]
Posted inHousing, News
Metro housing board fires director, Mansfield mayor threatens legal action
MANSFIELD — Steve Andrews has been fired, but he hasn’t given up. Three members of the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority board voted Tuesday to terminate Andrews, the agency’s executive director. The vote came after an hour-long executive session with board members Isoleen Dunn and Deb Chase, vice chair Sarah Hairston and the board’s attorney Andrew […]
Posted inHousing, News
Mansfield mayor requests resignation of two metro housing board members
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Mayor Tim Theaker requested the resignation of both his appointees to the Mansfield Metropolitan Housing Authority board on Thursday afternoon. Moments after a 3-1 vote not to renew the contract of agency director Steve Andrews, Theaker handed letters to board members Debra Chase and Isoleen Dunn. “I believe it is in the […]