Section 8 Housing Fraud
This voucher program is commonly known as section 8 assistance and is designed to help low income elderly and disabled people afford decent safe and sanitary housing.
Section 8 housing fraud. Department of housing and urban development hud operates a housing voucher program under section viii of title 24 of the code of federal regulations. Section 641 or. This includes preventing detecting and prosecuting waste fraud and abuse.
The san antonio housing authority in texas accepts fraud tips by phone fax email mail and online. The section 8 investigations unit siu is an investigative entity charged with promoting integrity efficiency and effectiveness of the housing authority of the city of los angeles programs and operations. Unfortunately some tenants commit fraud which wastes.
In recent years the number of federal prosecutions has increased considerably. Section 8 fraud can be investigated and prosecuted by local state and federal authorities. Last week six new york residents were charged by the us department of justice for withholding income information to receive more than 100 000 in government benefits intended for low income persons including section 8 housing choice vouchers these individuals defrauded the us department of housing and urban development hud and other federal offices for more than a decade but now each face.
To report the suspected misuse of section 8 or other housing benefit programs contact the department of housing and urban development office of the inspector general the massachusetts department of housing and community development and or the local housing authority. State charges generally include grand larceny and filing of a false business document and federal charges usually are theft of public money under 18 u s c. Step 3 contact your local police department if you believe that a section 8 tenant is involved in illegal activity such as drug use or sale.
For example the housing authority for the city of los angeles accepts fraud tips in person online by phone and email.