|
|
Article: Yakama Nation Housing Authority -- Auditors have advice, but no penalties
- Article from:
- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- August 8, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1998 Yakima Herald-Republic. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
A recent federal review of the Yakama Nation Housing Authority
found management missteps that led to a backlog of building
maintenance, unsafe living conditions and possible preferential
treatment. The report responds to complaints made by some of the
tribe's 700 low-income housing residents last year to the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of the
Inspector General. The report gives advice but does not penalize
the housing authority. And the housing authority's critics say the
report only scratches the surface of abuses by the authority.
Auditors first visited the tribe in August 1997, three years after
Executive Director John Sawicki was sent to prison for 15 ...