A graduate of Howard University School of Law, Lindsay said she took the PHA job after being laid off from a real estate firm during the housing bust.
"It's ironic because even while I was on unpaid leave after having a baby, I kept in communication with the PHA," she said. She said she did some consulting work while on unpaid leave. She said she had also done legal work, but never on PHA time and all of it without pay.
Lindsay first began working for Street during his 2003 mayoral campaign. Lindsay earned $12,240, records show, writing policy papers for Street from August 2003 through January 2004.
After Street won, Lindsay began working in the Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning in 2004 as a special assistant to Planning Commission Executive Director Maxine Griffith. She left in August 2007 at an annual salary of $53,593.
After PHA hired her in 2008, Lindsay started her own law firm, the Lindsay Law Group, listing an address at a property she owns on West Tioga Street, according to state records.
Lindsay is also a licensed Realtor. As her employer, she lists a company called Independent Custom Realty L.L.P. Lindsay said she does not work for the company, but lists it because she wants to keep her real estate license active.
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