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REPORTAR FRAUDE, DESPERDICIO O ABUSO
Date Published
Febrero 21, 2016
News Type
Artículo
Link to Original
thesouthern.com

(Source: The Southern Illinoisan News) CAIRO — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Monday morning that it is immediately taking possession of the Alexander County Housing Authority.

HUD said in a statement released to the media around 10 a.m. that it is taking this action “following a years-long pattern of financial and operational mismanagement, poor housing conditions, and alleged civil rights violations against the households the local housing authority was responsible for assisting.”

As an initial enforcement step, HUD is assigning two of its experienced public housing administrators to assume day-to-day control of the housing agency, effective today. These HUD administrators will have oversight responsibility of ACHA, and will serve as its two-member board of directors. HUD stated in its news release that this will be a seamless transition and HUD will communicate directly with ACHA residents and employees in the coming days...