HayBoo Settles $773K Dispute with Houston Housing Authority

The Harris County Housing Authority voted Thursday to accept a $773,731 settlement agreement with Haynes and Boone over legal payments the Houston agency believes were improperly made to the law firm through a contractor.

The Houston public housing agency contends that a consultant working on hurricane preparedness paid Haynes and Boone the money, even though the HCHA stipulated that the board must approve any fees of more than $25,000. There is no record in the organization’s minutes showing that they approved the payments in 2008 and 2009.