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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Ed Jennings, Jr. sued for $100,000 unpaid loan

Ed Jennings, Jr., a regional administrator in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been listed as a defendant in a complaint filed by the Heritage Bank of the South, a successor of Alarion Bank, over an unpaid loan valued at $100,000.

Jennings reportedly failed to pay an installment on the loan due on Nov. 15, 2014 and all subsequent payments, and attempts to reach the former member of the Florida House of Representatives have reportedly been unsuccessful.

Documents obtained by the Alligator reveal that Jennings took out a loan from Alarion Bank for $144,504 on Aug. 3, 2011. Jennings reportedly owes $100,579.31 in principal on the loan along with $1,829 in unpaid interest. He also reportedly owes $4,618.45 in late fees as of March 11. 

A Gainesville native, Jennings agreed to pay the loan back in 59 installments of $2,697.80, with the final payment due on Aug. 1, 2016.

But officials reportedly had difficulty locating and summoning Jennings over the past three months, despite his status as an arguably highly public government employee.

According to documents, multiple attempts by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Fulton County, Georgia, to serve Jennings an affidavit in March and April were unsuccessful.

After several attempts to serve Jennings at his residence, officers were eventually able to serve Jennings the lawsuit at his HUD office in Atlanta on June 10. He was given 20 days to file a written response to the complaint by Alarion Bank for the unpaid loan.

Jennings currently oversees HUD operations in eight states and Puerto Rico.

A former president of UF’s Blue Key organization in 1994, Jennings was appointed HUD Southeast Regional Administrator in 2010 by president Barack Obama.

Attempts to reach Jennings at his office in Atlanta were unsuccessful. It is unconfirmed if Jennings has responded to the complaint.

This story is developing. 

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