(Photo courtesy of the city of Oakland)

Beginning next month, Oakland will have a new chief of housing, whose tenure as CEO of the New York City Housing Authority was marked by a scandal over lead-based paint in city-owned apartments.

City Administrator Sabrina Landreth announced Friday that Shola Olatoye will take the reins of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department starting Feb. 11.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.