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Little Rock directors pick two new housing commissioners amid lawsuit from ousted members
The Little Rock board of directors appointed two new members to the governing board of the city’s federally-funded public housing authority Tuesday. The five-member board of commissioners at the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, known as the Metropolitan Housing Alliance, now has a quorum of three members and can conduct business at […]
“Troubled” Little Rock public housing agency plans to address local and federal officials’ concerns
Little Rock’s federally funded public housing authority board plans to address the wide range of concerns federal officials raised in August regarding the agency’s management, according to a letter from the board chairman to the local U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development field office. The five-member board of commissioners overseeing the Housing Authority of […]
Little Rock housing authority will provide auditing firm with range of requested documents
Little Rock’s federally-funded public housing authority will provide a wide range of documents to a local auditing firm to obtain a qualified audit and attempt to improve its standing in the eyes of the federal housing agency, the authority’s governing body decided Wednesday. The Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, known as the […]
Little Rock housing authority failed to follow spending and contracting rules, HUD finds
Little Rock’s public housing agency routinely failed to comply with federal, state and its own purchasing rules, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD’s Departmental Enforcement Center reviewed samples of two and a half years of contracts and financial documents from the Housing Authority of the City of […]