Facts: Owners of a project-based Section 8 site sued HUD to challenge regulations that provide standards for “decent, safe, and sanitary” low-income housing. Under Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937, HUD provides housing assistance through both “project-based...
Facts: In December 2007, a resident slipped and fell in front of the owner’s building while stepping up to the curb and onto a five- or six-inch mound of snow. The resident claimed that the owner was negligent in removing snow from the sidewalk.
HUD audited the Recovery Act formula and competitive grants administered by the Hammond Housing Authority in Hammond, Ind., as part of its annual audit plan. It selected the authority based on its analysis of risk factors related to the housing agencies in Region V’s jurisdiction.
HUD audited the Jefferson Parish Housing Authority in Marrero, La., as part of its annual audit plan to review public housing programs. The auditors sought to determine whether the authority operated in accordance with HUD and other requirements.
Facts: Under a housing assistance payments (HAP) contract with a site owner, a local PHA is barred from making a monthly Section 8 payment to the owner for a unit that doesn’t meet the minimum housing quality standards (HQS) established by federal law. During the...
Facts: A former resident sued the local PHA for evicting him and eliminating his contract for housing assistance without giving him proper notice. The resident argued that the PHA violated his due process rights because he didn’t receive adequate notice of the eviction...
Facts: An 84-year-old resident living in a one-bedroom unit submitted a request to the local PHA for a larger unit, along with a doctor’s verification indicating that the small size of her unit had created stress that contributed to her poor health. The PHA denied her...
HUD audited Gruening Park Apartments, a 96-unit apartment complex in Juneau, Alaska, that’s owned and operated by the Alaska Housing Development Corporation, to determine whether the owner administered the project and its programs in compliance with its regulatory agreement and other HUD...
HUD audited the Wichita Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program because it received more than $12 million in Section 8 funding in both 2011 and 2012. Also, it’s one of the largest housing authorities in Kansas and hadn’t been recently reviewed.
HUD audited the West Village Expansion Project, a HUD Section 220-insured property, in response to a citizen’s hotline complaint. The anonymous caller claimed that the principals of L8, LLC, the managing member of the ownership entity, spent an excessive amount of project funds on legal...
Facts: A PHA sent an owner a letter notifying her that various conditions needed to be repaired, and verified as repaired, within 30 days, or her Section 8 subsidy would terminate. The letter also notified the owner that she might be entitled to reimbursement for some or all of...
Facts: In 1974, a group of residents sued the Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority and HUD for segregating minorities from non-minorities when building and doling out housing. At the time, the court ruled for the residents and ordered adherence to an Affirmative Action Plan (...
