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Date Published
September 06, 2016
News Type
Article
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capitalgazette.com

(Source: Capital Gazette) A federal audit has found that due to poor record-keeping and improper spending, the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis didn't always appropriately spend more than $400,000 in grants designed to help its residents improve their lives.

The Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found the housing authority did not maintain documents to support the expenses of $401,859 on programs, salaries and fringe benefits, according to the audit. The audit report was released Aug. 31.

HUD also has asked the authority to repay $10,250 spent on ineligible training and payments to a public housing resident.

These findings were made in a review of the housing authority's use of the Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency grants. The Ross grant is awarded to public housing organizations throughout the United States to pay for service coordinators who connect residents to...