CFO takes over D.C. Housing Authority's finances

The District’s independent chief financial officer is taking financial control of the city’s embattled Housing Authority, a victory for the D.C. Council over the mayor in a long-running feud over control of awarding city contracts.

CFO Natwar Gandhi told the Housing Authority on Monday that he’s taking control of its “financial operations and financial staff” starting July 1. The move comes at the behest of some council members who are upset that Mayor Adrian Fenty used the quasi-independent agency to award about $100 million in city contracts without council approval.