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    Butler Metropolitan Housing Authority 5(h) and Turnkey lll Homeownership Opportunity Programs, Hamilton, OH, The Authority Lacked Adequate Controls over Its Homeownership Proceeds
    September 19, 2007
    Report
    #2007-CH-1013
    Housing Authority of the City of North Las Vegas
    September 03, 2007
    Report
    #2007-LA-1015
    The Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority, Dayton Ohio, Did Not Effectively Operate Its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
    June 18, 2007
    Report
    #2007-CH-1008
    Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority, Warren, Ohio, Did Not Ensure Its Nonprofit Followed HUD's Section 8 Housing Requirements
    April 29, 2007
    Report
    #2007-CH-1007
    Colony Mortgage Corporation, Supervised Lender, Fairview Park, Ohio, Did Not Always Comply with HUD’s Requirements Regarding Underwriting of Loans and Quality Control Reviews
    March 25, 2007
    Report
    #2007-CH-1006
    Former Cleveland City Council Member Sentenced to Prison
    CLEVELAND – Basheer Jones, 40, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison by U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese, after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud by using his role as a public official for personal financial gain by seeking to defraud multiple community stakeholders out of more than $200,000. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release after…
    Press release
    April 01, 2025
    Former Cleveland City Council Member Charged with Bribery and Fraud
    CLEVELAND – Basheer Jones, 40, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been charged in a two-count information with conspiring to commit wire fraud and honest services fraud for using his role as a public official for personal financial gain by seeking to defraud multiple community stakeholders out of more than $200,000. He previously served as an elected Cleveland city council member representing Ward 7.According to court documents, from about December 2018…
    Press release
    November 25, 2024
    Former Clermont housing official pleads guilty to federal program theft
    CINCINNATI – The former executive director of the Clermont Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to federal program theft.Timothy Holland, 57, of Williamsburg, Ohio, admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars intended to assist low-income residents of Clermont County, Ohio.According to court documents, Holland served from 2012 until 2019 as the executive director for CMHA, the United States…
    Press release
    September 13, 2024
    Justice Department Secures Agreement in Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Ohio Landlord for Sexually Harassing Tenants
    The Justice Department announced today that Kevin Martin, an owner and manager of residential rental properties in and around Athens, Ohio, has agreed to pay $170,000 to resolve a lawsuit alleging that he sexually harassed female tenants and housing applicants in violation of the Fair Housing Act.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, alleges that, from at least 2010 to at least 2020, Martin requested…
    Press release
    August 15, 2024
    Nevada U.S. Attorney's Office And HUD Office Of Inspector General Co-Host Roundtable On Sexual Harassment In Housing
    LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General hosted a roundtable yesterday for community members and organizations on Sexual Harassment in Housing.“Tenants should feel safe and not live in fear of sexual harassment, sexual assault or sexual exploitation by their landlord or other people who…
    Press release
    April 25, 2024