Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard faces eviction, landlord says ‘I have nowhere to turn’

DOLTON, Ill. – Controversial Dolton Primary Tiffany Henyard he has a new battle on his hands. She is evacuated for failing to pay her rent and now Henyard’s landlady is speaking of her tenant’s plight.

Henyard and her boyfriend Kamal Woods together rake in more than $300,000 from taxpayers, according to public payroll records.

But, they haven’t paid their rent since August and now their landlord says he’s had enough.

“I didn’t want to go on camera at first. I’m not the type of person to do it for clickbait. It’s not the type of person I am,” said Genetta Hull. “But now I feel like I’m at my wits end. I have nowhere to turn to.”

Hull said he once considered Henyard a friend and even campaigned for Dolton mayor and Thornton Township supervisor.

However, things changed in 2021, when he was about to rent the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home he owns in Dolton to a family — until he got a late call from the mayor.

“And then she says, ‘I heard you’re renting out your house.’ I said, ‘yeah, I’ve got somebody moving in soon,'” Hull said. “And she says ‘no, they can’t move because I want to.’ And I say, “Excuse me?”

Feeling pressured, Hull said she agreed to rent the house to Henyard and Woods, who has a six-figure job in the town.

Henyard earns nearly $300,000 as mayor and town supervisor, but is at the center of an ongoing FBI investigation into extravagant spending, questionable contracts and the use of tax dollars for personal gain.

Hull said things started to fall apart this summer, when she was forced to raise her rent by $200 to $2,400 a month because property taxes went up again.

“So with that, I had to match that with the rent and Kamal said he couldn’t afford it,” Hull said.

Hull said Henyard and Woods refused to pay additional rent in August, then stopped paying altogether, failing to deliver rent checks for September and October.

Hull said not only were they several thousand dollars behind in rent, but they also changed the locks and code on the garage door so she couldn’t get inside.

“If I pushed and I go there with a locksmith and try to change them back, I think they’re probably going to arrest me,” Hull said.

So Hull went to court in late September and filed an eviction lawsuit against Henyard and Woods, but Cook County sheriffs tried and failed to serve the lawsuit on both the home and the town hall.

Now Hull is paying a process server to pursue one of them.

“It’s a very tough position. I’m between a rock and a hard place,” Hull said. “I haven’t worked in months and I’m afraid I’ll lose my house.”

She said Henyard blocked her months ago, but she wants to send a message to the embattled mayor.

“At some point you have to understand that karma will catch up with you. Just pay your rent,” Hull said.

Hull said even if Henyard and her boyfriend come up with the money, she still wants them out of her home, which is rented out on a month-to-month lease.

Fox 32 reached out to the couple and Henyard’s criminal attorney, but so far have not heard back.