HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
Limited Indications of Potential Fraud against Participants Identified
Business & Finance, Accounting, Governmental
| Author: | Hugues Dumont | ISBN: | 1230002163154 |
| Publisher: | Hugues DUMONT | Publication: | February 16, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hugues Dumont |
| ISBN: | 1230002163154 |
| Publisher: | Hugues DUMONT |
| Publication: | February 16, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
With the goal of providing safe, decent, affordable housing, HUD provides rental assistance to low-income households through its HCV program, administered locally by approximately 2,200 PHAs around the country. In fiscal year 2016, the HCV program received approximately $20 billion in funding and provided rental assistance to approximately 2.4 million households. Local demand in the program may exceed voucher supply, and individuals may wait years before receiving a voucher. After receiving a voucher, participants have a limited amount of time to secure a rental. Accordingly, PHAs have issued alerts about criminals targeting program participants with fraud schemes, such as by claiming to offer admission to the program for a fee...
With the goal of providing safe, decent, affordable housing, HUD provides rental assistance to low-income households through its HCV program, administered locally by approximately 2,200 PHAs around the country. In fiscal year 2016, the HCV program received approximately $20 billion in funding and provided rental assistance to approximately 2.4 million households. Local demand in the program may exceed voucher supply, and individuals may wait years before receiving a voucher. After receiving a voucher, participants have a limited amount of time to secure a rental. Accordingly, PHAs have issued alerts about criminals targeting program participants with fraud schemes, such as by claiming to offer admission to the program for a fee...
