HUD News Release 05-065

HUD News Release 05-065

 

The HUD (Housing and Urban Development) is has currently suspended the activities of 3 people who were involved in a violation of HUD regulations relating to the review of New Haven’s public housing units and is proposing to disbar them.

HUD issued letters this week to HANH Executive Director Cynthia Newton, HANH Deputy Executive Director Edward Schwartz and independent contractor James Hanley informing them that under their suspensions they were immediately prohibited from participating in federal programs, pending the outcome of their debarment.

If the proposed debarment is made final, they would be prohibited from doing new business with the federal government or federal funding recipients, including public housing authorities for a period of three years.

The suspensions and proposed debarments are the result of actions that resulted in an inaccurate assessment of the physical condition of public housing units in HANH's inventory.

The inspections are part of HUD's Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS), the assessment tool HUD uses to rate public housing authority performance.

HUD foreclosures are one aspect of this department’s plethora of programs designed to assist and maintain home ownership levels in the United States.