The Fort Smith Housing Authority Made Inappropriate Guarantees, Did Not Follow Procurement Requirements, and Spent Program Funds on Questionable Activities
We audited the Fort Smith Housing Authority (Authority) in response to a request from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Public Housing. The objectives were to determine whether the Authority and its instrumentality, North Pointe Limited Partnership (Partnership), spent HUD-provided funds in compliance with HUD's rules and regulations for costs related to North Pointe Development (the development), including…
October 21, 2008
Report
#2009-FW-1001
The Jacksonville Housing Authority, Jacksonville, Arkansas, Mismanaged Public Housing Capital Fund Program Funding
March 29, 2007
Report
#2007-FW-1007
Federal, State, and Local Agencies Combine Forces for Operation Clean House in Memphis
Memphis, TN – Operation Clean House: Memphis concluded with a total of 17 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) arrests including 7 Memphis Safe Task Force (MSTF) assists. The majority of the 24 individuals taken into custody were current HUD program participants apprehended within HUD housing units. Several subjects also had extensive criminal histories or multiple active charges at the…
Press release
June 01, 2026
Middle Tennessee Investors To Pay $200,000 To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Regarding HUD Program
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – March 22, 2021 – Laziza Abdullaeva and Aziz Ashurov of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations involving misrepresentations in their purchases of certain properties from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Mary Jane Stewart, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced today.
On December 30, 2019, relators William Worrall and…
Press release
March 22, 2021