Saturday, July 09, 2011

[We have a question for Ralph Crenshaw and Ricky Hill, Benton Harbor Housing Commissioners:
Where's the $87,000.00?]

HUD audit finds fault in state's Neighborhood Stabilization payouts

June 21, 2011 |
BY GRETA GUEST
DETROIT FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Related Links
* HUD audit of Michigan's use of Neighborhood Stabilization Fund dollars

Michigan State Housing Development Authority got some red marks on the way it implemented its Neighborhood Stabilization Fund dollars, according to a recent audit.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the state’s handling of the program’s first round of funding. In its report dated June 3, it found the authority missed some deadlines to allocate funds and lacked documentation in other areas...

...• MSHDA may have allocated nearly $87,000 for Habitat for Humanity Michigan and the City of Benton Harbor for administrative costs that lacked documentation.
gguest@freepress.com.

http://www.freep.com/article/20110621/BUSINESS04/110621042/State-audit-finds-fault-Neighborhood-Stabilization-payouts?odyssey=nav|head