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Article: Audit finds Housing Authority mistakes
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- December 30, 1997
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The Yakima Housing Authority is tightening its verification
procedures after state auditors discovered several families
receiving government-funded services based on phony or incomplete
information.
One tenant, for example, received rental assistance despite
annual earnings $28,275 greater than what she listed in her
application, auditors noted. The actual earnings, which could have
been confirmed by contacting the employer, made her ineligible for
the low-income housing program.
Another tenant was building an investment portfolio through a
stock-purchase option offered by his employer, auditors said, noting