Gene Jones out as Toronto Community Housing’s CEO

By News Staff

Posted April 25, 2014 12:29 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Toronto Community Housing board chair Bud Purves announced that Gene Jones is out as CEO. He said the decision for Jones to leave was mutual. This comes after Toronto’s ombudsman released a scathing report on the TCH’s hiring, firing and promotion practices over the last two years.

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