The House Appropriations Committee recently approved its Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) funding bill by voice vote. The bill would fully fund project-based rental assistance contracts and funds the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) at its FY...
Secretary Castro recently traveled to Puerto Rico for a series of events to discuss affordable housing strategies, economic development, and the Obama Administration’s efforts to combat the threat of the Zika virus on the island. While in Puerto Rico, Secretary Castro announced HUD will be...
To help end veteran homelessness, HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are awarding nearly $38 million to help more than 5,200 homeless veterans find homes. The rental assistance is provided through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program, which combines...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) recently introduced H.R. 5137, “The Moving to Work Reformation and Expansion Act of 2016.” Thirty-nine public housing agencies (PHAs) currently participate in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration. Their MTW agreements were recently extended...
