Facts: A PHA issued a Section 8 housing voucher to a resident in December 2008. The resident was notified in September 2011 that he was being terminated from the voucher program for failing to report a change in family income. The apparent change in income was a decrease in the resident...
Facts: An elderly resident in a federally assisted housing complex sued the local housing authority, the city's mayor, and the local council government for alleged criminal activity targeted at elderly residents at her site.
Facts: A resident who was a construction worker sued the local PHA and a construction company that did work at the site for discrimination. The worker was employed by a roofing company that was a subcontractor for the construction company. He claimed that his hours were significantly...
Facts: An owner participating in the Section 8 program asked a court to require the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to intervene in his city's “personal-vendetta-driven” administration of its Section 8 program. The owner claimed that city...
On June 5, HUD announced that it's clamping down on excessive pay at public housing authorities, setting caps that extend and expand limits imposed by Congress. The action comes as HUD revealed that the top official at the Atlanta housing agency received a compensation package of $644,214,...
Facts: Two residents signed a lease in June 2010, in which one was identified as the “tenant” and the other was identified as “co-tenant.” One day, the co-tenant confronted his neighbor and physically struck him. The neighbor then filed a complaint with the police...
Facts: Police officers searched a resident's daughter and found an envelope containing white powder in her pocketbook. At the time of the search, the daughter told the officers that it was not hers and that she didn't know what it was. She was then told by an officer at the scene...
Facts: A resident was arrested near her apartment complex and later charged with possession of cocaine and resisting law enforcement officers. Three weeks later, the PHA sent the resident a “Notice to Terminate Lease.” The notice stated that the PHA was terminating her lease...
HUD audited Ohio's Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program as part of its 2012 annual audit plan. HUD auditors sought to determine whether the authority administered its program in accordance with applicable HUD requirements and the...
HUD audited the East St. Louis Housing Authority's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Housing Capital Fund program to determine whether the authority: (1) complied with applicable procurement requirements and properly managed its Recovery Act contracts; (2) properly drew...
HUD audited the Topeka, Kan., Housing Authority's administration of its considerable Recovery Act competitive capital fund grants to determine whether the authority: (1) expended Recovery Act grant funds in accordance with the act's requirements and applicable HUD rules; (2) met...
In response to an anonymous complaint, HUD audited the Housing Authority of the City of Stamford, Conn., regarding its administration of its federal housing programs. The auditors found that the authority didn't properly administer its federal programs in accordance with HUD requirements,...
