HUD OIG is reviewing a housing authority in New York.  The authority has more than two dozen housing developments including one that has been mostly vacant for years.  The review objective is to determine whether the authority properly managed the vacant development.

BOSTON – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today a $7,000 settlement with 44 Hawthorne, LLC and its owner, Alek Vienneau, to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to the federal government after receiving impermissible excess rent payments from a low income tenant while participating in a federal housing subsidy program.