Acting CEO resigns at Jacksonville Housing Authority

The Jacksonville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will hold an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss “executive leadership” matters.

This comes after News4JAX learned that acting CEO Vanessa Dunn is resigning.

Dunn was named acting CEO in February after former CEO Dwayne Alexander resigned in January claiming he was being pushed out. Dunn had a 12-month contract.

Alexander’s resignation came after an investigation by the inspector general revealed that the housing authority misused funds intended to be used for utilities. Nearly $2 million was loaded onto utility reimbursement payment cards and less than $270,000 of the funds were spent on utilities.

In a one-on-one interview with News4JAX, Alexander emphasized that the funds in question were reimbursements. They were intended to cover utility costs that were already paid for, which is why most of it was not spent on utilities.

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Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan has maintained that Alexander was not pushed out, even as there were calls from city officials for him to resign last year.

The public is invited to attend Thursday’s meeting, which will be at 3:30 p.m., and to speak during the public forum.

You can watch the meeting at this link, password: KP27rs.

This story was produced by News4Jax, a Jacksonville Today news partner.