How Are Federal HUD Funds Being Spent?
[Guest post by DRJ]
In Austin, Texas, it’s not clear how federal Housing and Urban Development funds are being spent or if the state agencies understand the rules for spending them:
“Federal auditors found that the Housing Authority of Travis County could not fully account for millions of federal dollars, including more than $2.5 million “haphazardly” transferred between its federal and nonfederal programs without proper justification, more than $600,000 in undocumented costs, and more than $3,000 that was improperly used for travel expenses.
In addition, the auditors said in a report dated Aug. 17 that the Housing Authority’s books and records were not auditable.”
The Housing Authority acknowledges mistakes were made but disputes most of the claims. The Chair of the Board of Directors also said “they were unaware that using federal funds for non-federal programs was not allowed.”
— DRJ
Why aren’t they naming the name of the incompetent hoochie what screwed the pooch?
I will try googles.
happyfeet (71f55e) — 8/26/2009 @ 1:39 pmI guess that would be someone named Wiley Hopkins.
happyfeet (71f55e) — 8/26/2009 @ 1:42 pmI’m moving to Austin later this year, do you suppose local taxes will have to increase to pay back the shortfalls?
Just Kidding of course, everyone knows that “Moscow on the Guadalupe” has to raise taxes to support its liberal lifestyle. 🙂
GM Roper (85dcd7) — 8/26/2009 @ 1:43 pmThat’s the same Wiley what has some position in Buda too. Same emails.
happyfeet (71f55e) — 8/26/2009 @ 1:45 pmSomeone tell Mike Judge that he’s got another idea for a screenplay.
Dmac (e6d1c2) — 8/26/2009 @ 1:46 pmHere is Wiley what is also the head of a nonprofit. Not sure if he’s still there today, but he sounds like when you talk about the housing crisis he’s one of thems what was part of the problem. Looks like he was in tight with those Fannie Mae gangstas.
happyfeet (71f55e) — 8/26/2009 @ 1:57 pmoh. Further on in that article it explains a little.
So Wiley had him some shell company action going on. No wonder the accounting turned out to be impenetrable. Sounds like it was opposed to be.
happyfeet (71f55e) — 8/26/2009 @ 2:00 pm“…the Housing Authority’s books and records were not auditable…”
Not the exception, but the rule.
AD - RtR/OS! (6184e1) — 8/26/2009 @ 2:04 pmThen, you have an orginization that has existed since 1913(?) and has never been audited…
Anyone care to guess how impenetrable the books at the Federal Reserve are?
Poking through the audit report, the folks in Travis County are slightly peeved at it’s findings, to say the least. Heh!
daleyrocks (718861) — 8/26/2009 @ 2:34 pmHow clever you are, happyfeet. You make a good detective if you aren’t one already.
PatAZ (9d1bb3) — 8/26/2009 @ 3:53 pmLet me guess … another Inspector General to bite the dust.
SPQR (26be8b) — 8/26/2009 @ 5:19 pmWell, we of King County in Washington salute all you who might come in contact with Federal HUD programs, and wish you the best of luck with its Obama-appointed King Director, one Ron Sims. As our County Executive, he presided over one spectacularly crooked election, a light rail project that came in over time and over budget, and the purchase of a computer system that went sour.
You are welcome.
Insufficiently Sensitive (a939d1) — 8/26/2009 @ 6:15 pmTravis County — Obama by 29.5 percent over McCain in the 2008 presidential election. They really do fit in with the mindset of most of the Blue States on how to use taxpayer money.
John (da0d60) — 8/26/2009 @ 7:19 pmI bet that moola was “haphazardly” transferred to some political supporters.
Patricia (29a01d) — 8/26/2009 @ 10:22 pmWhat the …! Why would they think that it was allowable to use federal funds for non-federal programs?
Past time to break out the tar and feathers, I think.
LarryD (feb78b) — 8/27/2009 @ 8:08 am