admitted Wednesday that she gave Section 8 funds to family member who is a landlord and to a real estate company she established and controlled, authorities said.
Willis directed tens of thousands of dollars in the funding to a relative who was a landlord in Camden as well as a limited liability company she founded in 2015 and later shared with that family member, the office said. Willis was required to disclose her personal interest and that of her relative to the housing authority and should have recused herself from any official involvement with that business but did not, which is against the policies of the organization, authorities said.
The office’s investigation also revealed that, in a bid to challenge her termination, she generated bogus paperwork to make it look like she had offloaded the ownership stake in her company, when she was actually still listed as the registered owner on all company filings with the state from 2016 to 2020.