Upon his departure, PHA was administering $126.9 million in HUD stimulus funds to improve and expand affordable housing, rebuild neighborhoods, and create more than 3,000 local jobs.
New Jersey lawyer Marcia Allen Phillips said she came to believe that she was being kept in the dark about "secret cases" involving claims of "sexual harassment and wrongful termination" against Greene.
In response to the above Philadelphia Inquirer article, its website cited dozens of negative comments by readers, many complaining that Mr. Greene fired them at will, depending on his mood or whim without any warnings or compensation.
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond ruled on April 18, 2008 in Philadelphia that HUD acted legally and did not retaliate against the housing authority.
[7] On July 27, 2010, Wells Fargo filed a foreclosure action in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas, seeking to cure a default of $386,685 on a $400,000 mortgage for Mr. Greene's condominium and primary residence which was valued at $615,035.
The Philadelphia Inquirer further revealed that Greene also repaid over $52,000 in back taxes owed in 2010 to settle a lien placed against him by the Internal Revenue Service.
Rendell, who as mayor at the time headed PHA, hired Greene and gave him a contract that ensured his job even if he lost the Michigan case.
John M. Elliott, an attorney for Elizabeth Helm, a 29-year-old employee of the authority (PHA), has charged Greene of "serial predatory sexual misconduct."
Elliott alleges that Greene promised her a promotion in her capacity as an interior designer and planner at PHA, if she submitted to his sexual advances.