Long-time Mobile Housing Board employee Wayman R.F. Grant, Jr. retired from Mobile Housing Board, effective August 18, 2017, after working for the public housing authority for 47 years.

Grant retired as Tenant & Community Services Officer of MHB, a position he held since 1990. He joined the agency in 1969, initially as Coordinator of Youth Sports Activities and later that year as a social worker. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Tuskegee Institute after graduating from Central High School in Mobile.

Grant also served MHB as a Housing Manager during his tenure with the agency, achieving the rank of Housing Manager III. He served as Housing Manager of Gulf Village Homes in Prichard and Josephine Allen Homes in the Happy Hill Community.

As Tenant & Community Services Officer, he managed MHB’s Community Services Department, which provides enrichment, recreational and lifestyle activities for children and adults who reside in MHB’s affordable housing communities. He worked closely with the Resident Associations in these communities and the jurisdiction-wide Residents Council.

Mr. Grant also worked closely with organizations that provide programs and activities for families, including Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama and Senior Citizens Services, doing business as Via Health & Fitness Center.

Mr. Grant was instrumental in starting the Summer Work Employment Experience Training Program called SWEET-P, the BayBears Rookie League, Marching Gators Youth Band, Voter Empowerment Program, Volunteer Awards Program for residents, Public Housing Drug Prevention, Interdiction and Elimination Program, and other key programs and initiatives.

He was named MHB Employee of the Year in 2008 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to families and to the agency.

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EXHIBIT “A”
Mobile Housing Board
Smoke Free Housing Policy
24 CFR Parts 965 and 966
(Lease Addendum)

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has implemented a Rule that requires each Public Housing Authority administering public housing to implement a smoke-free policy. Specifically the Rule requires each Public Housing Authority to implement a policy prohibiting lit tobacco products and all smoking in any interior common areas, including but not limited to community rooms, community bathrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, laundry rooms, electrical rooms and closets, storage units or rooms, stairways, offices, elevators and within all living units in public housing, and Public Housing Authority administration office buildings and vehicles (in brief, a smoke-free policy for all public housing indoor areas). The Mobile Housing Board is also prohibiting electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and is including it in this policy’s definition of Smoking. This policy extends to all outdoor areas up to twenty-five (25) feet from housing (doors/entrances, windows and porches) and administrative office buildings and maintenance facilities.

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MOBILE HOUSING BOARD

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Birmingham Field Office
Medical Forum Building
950 22nd Street North, Suite 900
Birmingham, AL 35203

Report on Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Mobile Housing Board as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2016, and the related notes to the financial statements as listed in the table of contents.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and
maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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