The board that approves bonds for affordable housing in Jacksonville was bypassed in the deal that green-lighted Global Ministries Foundation's purchase of its six properties in Jacksonville, including the troubled Eureka Garden complex.
Mayor Alvin Brown signed off on the deal in 2012 in a highly unconventional move, according to Mark Hendrickson, the financial adviser for the Jacksonville Housing Finance Authority.
Hendrickson has worked with JHFA for eight years and has been in public housing since 1976.