Housing commissioners say San Jose withholding housing department data

What happened

According to Local News Matters’s source item, Housing commissioners say San Jose withholding housing department data, San Jose housing commissioners are raising concerns over how much authority the city housing director has — with some commissioners saying they’re being sidelined. Officials at the Housing and Development Commission meeting on Thursday had a disagreement over what information commissioners have the right to request from the Housing Department. Some commissioners said it’s been […] The post Housing commissioners say San Jose withholding housing department data appeared first on Local News Matters .

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Source

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