Lisa Baker, chief executive officer of Yolo County Public Housing Authority, has led the charge to bring low-income housing and other services to Yolo County’s neediest citizens.
Last year the housing authority celebrated its 65th anniversary and the organization and the new CEO is being credited with helping bring about a positive change to its reputation along with improving is image in the community.
According to Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad, Baker has provided excellent leadership for Yolo Housing since she took over the organization in 2006.
“Considering what a terrible place our Housing Authority was in about 2005,” Rexroad stated recently, “this has really become an organization that is solidly run and it is getting involved in a number of other efforts in our community that most everyone would find important.”
In 2006, the organization had to be taken over by Yolo County in response to investigations and reports about its questionable practices. The housing authority received decades of complaints as well as a list of 161 recommendations for overhauling the program.
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