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Wilmington Housing Authority

Authority unveils $16 million update to Creekwood

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video In late 2008, when Michael Krause became CEO of the Wilmington Housing Authority, he recalled Creekwood South was a community on the verge of collapse. Full story...
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City Council denies rezoning for Pine Valley public housing

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Wilmington City Council voted against the proposed rezoning to build Section 8 senior living housing in the Pine Valley neighborhood. Though they voted 4-2, city council needed a supermajority of five votes to approve the rezoning because of protest petitions. Full story...
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Residents petition against public housing in their backyard

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video Many Pine Valley residents are up in arms over a possible rezoning vote. The Wilmington Housing Authority wants to build public housing off John Barry Drive and 17th street. Nearby property owners are not happy and they're letting city council know it. Full story...
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WHA, Sparks reach agreement

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The legal fight between the Wilmington Housing Authority and a former Wilmington City Councilman is over. Full story...
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Man killed in Wilmington apartment fire

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A man confined to a wheelchair is dead after a morning fire at a Wilmington apartment complex. Fire investigators say Billy Lunesford, 56, died. Full story...
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WHA, Sparks reach tentative settlement

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After more than five years in the court system, the lawsuit between the Wilmington Housing Authority and former City Councilman Ronald Sparks has been settled. Full story...
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Former city councilman's attorneys question WHA CEO's power to sue

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video The jury has not been seated, yet in the trial involving the Wilmington Housing Authority and a former city councilman is already heating up. Full story...
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WHA v. Sparks gets underway

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video Jury selection will begin tomorrow in the trial between the Wilmington Housing Authority and former City Councilman Ronald Sparks. The Housing Authority is suing Sparks and his company for negligence and breach of contract following some work he did for them as an engineer. Full story...
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Wilmington Housing Authority approves $66,000 for grills and picnic tables at public housing

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The Wilmington Housing Authority approved spending $66,000 on community amenities including barbecue grills for public housing units, but are also allowing residents to own their own grills. Full story...
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Housing project opens as worker pay issues continue

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videoThe New Brooklyn Homes at Robert Taylor Estates in Wilmington is now home to dozens of low income families. But the completion of this project was not problem free. Earlier this year several construction workers contacted WWAY saying they were not being paid in full. Full story...
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ONLY ON 3 UPDATE: Contractor promises workers will be paid

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The construction company accused of not paying its workers in full says everyone will be paid by the end of the month. Full story...
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ONLY ON 3: Construction workers on gov't housing project claim they've not been paid in full

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video They have worked long and hard, but have yet to be paid in full. These workers helped build the new public housing complex on 4th Street in downtown Wilmington. They claim they have not been paid in full and are being cheated out of hundreds of dollars. Full story...
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Wilmington Housing Authority receives $13.0 million tax credit award

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138 Wilmington families will enjoy living in a newly renovated public housing community to be modernized with proceeds from a $13.0 million tax credit award. The tax credit award represents the maximum award allowed and the largest single tax credit grant awarded in North Carolina this year. Full story...
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Sold! Nesbitt Courts for $1.62 million to a Wilmington-based real estate company

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video A dead property could be getting a new lease on life. Nesbitt Courts has been on Wilmington's landscape for years. An offer has been accepted to purchase the Wilmington Housing Authority's 13-acre property. Full story...
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WHA refiles suit against Sparks

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The lawsuit against Wilmington City Councilman Ronald Sparks has been dismissed and refiled. The Wilmington Housing Authority sued Sparks for negligence and breech of contract following some work he did for them as a housing inspector. Full story...
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