In the http://www.billybytes.com/blog/ post of June 15, 2006, I write about the Easton, Pennsylvania, HOPE VI project of the Easton Housing Authority (EHA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Development in Washington, D.C.

Fellow blogger, Nazareth resident Bernie O’Hare III, in a post dated March 14, 2007, and featuring me, Bernie also makes references to the HOPE VI project.

Projects like HOPE VI are again in the news, this time in today’s edition of The Washington Post, reporting the investigation of H.U.D. Secretary Alonzo Jackson for alleged “cronyism” and “favoritism,” and “influence peddling.”

This alleged official misconduct has infected the Easton, Pennsylvania, Housing Authority, which is rife with discord and corruption as H.U.D.

The city of Easton and its Housing Authority had to apply to H.U.D. for a $20 million grant no fewer than four times for the Delaware Terrace public housing renovations before getting approval for the project through political influence at the city, housing authority, state, and federal levels.

Delaware Terrace sits on the steep slopes of Easton’s South Side neighborhood that pitch down into the Delaware River.