A public housing tenant could become a casualty in battle between the Cocoa Housing Authority and HUD over a $1.3 million debt.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will sanction Cocoa Housing Authority board members if they fail to justify not repaying another Brevard County housing authority’s Section 8 voucher program, according to a letter from HUD to board members.
Sanctions would forbid board members from participating in public housing programs, which would leave tenant and board member Celestine Sutton homeless.