HUD Audits
June 17, 2016
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Richmond Housing Authority due to a complaint alleging that the PHA submitted falsified documentation to HUD and allowed the City of Richmond to use the PHA’s HUD funds and the PHA’s assets, and that the city charged the PHA for...
HUD Audits
June 17, 2016
The OIG audited the Alton Housing Authority because it appeared to have flat rents set at a rate below 80 percent of the fair market rent in that area based on the information available in the Public and Indian Housing Information Center system.
Recent Court Rulings
June 17, 2016
Facts: A salary scandal involving a local PHA official led to a criminal investigation that exposed an alleged conspiracy to rig HUD site inspections. A trial court convicted the PHA’s director of modernization and the PHA’s paid consultant for “knowingly and unlawfully”...
Recent Court Rulings
June 17, 2016
Facts: A PHA employee who served as a maintenance manager filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the PHA’s director. In June 1990, the employee was hired by the PHA and worked as a maintenance manager until his termination in March 2007. The employee claimed that his employment was...
Feature
May 19, 2016
As a site owner or manager, you must keep files containing required documents for each household. But it’s easy to make mistakes. And these mistakes can cause you to lose points on a management and occupancy review (MOR).
Maintenance
May 19, 2016
If you’re like most owners or managers of assisted sites, you probably conduct annual inspections of the units at your site. Owners perform unit inspections on at least an annual basis to determine whether the appliances and equipment in the unit are functioning properly and to assess whether...
HUD Audits
May 19, 2016
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Housing Authority of the City of Durham’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program’s housing quality standards (HQS). The audit found that the PHA didn’t always ensure that program units met HUD’s and its own HQS. Of...
HUD Audits
May 19, 2016
OIG audited the Richmond Housing Authority due to a complaint alleging that the PHA violated procurement requirements related to legal and accounting services and wrote off tenant debts improperly. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the PHA procured goods and services and managed...
HUD Audits
May 19, 2016
OIG audited the Orange County Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher program’s housing quality standards (HQS) primarily due to the Orange County district attorney’s investigation into allegations that PHA inspectors conducted personal business during the work day. These...
In the News
May 19, 2016
HUD recently published the state-by-state 2016 allocations for the Housing Trust Fund (HTF). The total 2016 HTF funding is approximately $174 million. The HTF is an affordable housing production program that’s intended to complement existing federal, state, and local efforts to increase and...
