Pittsburgh Housing Authority turns to consultant, pays millions for outside expertise <br /><br />Of that, Mr. Boe's charges totaled $404,000 -- more than double the $168,000 salary of authority executive director Caster Binion. <br /><br />"If I had a chief development officer [on staff], that would probably run me maybe about $150,000 plus benefits," Mr. Binion said. <br />CVR's bills, he said, amount to just 1.7 percent of the authority's capital spending. Its total budget for operations and capital work this year is $155 million.
