Where's The Loan Money?

Dear Miss Vivian -

HOW WERE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF HUD "HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM FUNDS SPENT BY THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN (2000-2006)??

 

Not only did the planners spearhead the quadrupling of Section 8 units from 2000 to 2006, a sizable amount of HOME Program funds were spent for subsidized rental housing projects.  You can see the results of this strategy(?) on Curtis Street, etc., etc.  Very few people knew that this was taking place.  And, nobody who was involved wants to utter one single word now!

HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP): Status of City of Middletown's Promised Revised Program Activities & Intent to Apply for 2nd Round of NSP Funds??

Last week’s monitoring review of the city of Middletown’s administration of the federally-funded Community Development Block Grant programs yielded two possible findings.

According to Doug Adkins, community revitalization director, the monitoring review was limited to the 2007 program year as well as a limited review of 2008. A final report will be issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development within the next 30 days.

Adkins said the HUD representatives review of the financial management and internal controls indicated that “all transactions for the period were allowable and there were no concerns about our financial management.”

Of the potential findings in the financial review, a report that is now filed electronically, must also be filed in a paper form as required by the federal General Accounting Office. Adkins said a HUD representative told him that many other jurisdictions had quit submitting the paper report when the report was being filed electronically. He said HUD will ask the city to submit paper reports for the past 12 months and each month going forward.

The other finding was that all interest accrued in the Revolving Loan Fund is to be sent back to HUD. The city had been submitting the net interest but HUD believes it should be receiving the gross interest. Adkins said HUD is reviewing the matter to determine who is correct.

Adkins said the HUD representatives told him that there were no issues that would require the federal agency to return to Middletown for a monitoring review next year. He said that Middletown would be going back to a normal review cycle of once every five years.

Perhaps the next step is to gather all of the data that you have posted on this site, make an appointment with the head of the HUD office in Columbus and present your case to them. If no action from them, involve the Governor's office. Gotta be someone who will listen and investigate this information. If the state won't act on this, perhaps the Fed level will. Can't stop. This city needs to be reported and action needs to be taken against the overseers of this program, be it at the state or the federal level.

Smokey:   Call Forbes  mag.

Good luck Mr Self. You seem to have some good knowledge of the issues!

Smokey- If you get that far in your presentation of data to the authorities, don't forget to mention the three Councilmembers ( and selected employees of the city) who had knowledge of these events of waste and inefficiency. Might ask how one could place them in a situation where malfeasance in office may have occurred with the administration of this program and what one could do about that in a legal sense. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I just like to see the "high rollers" sweat a little once in a while when their little world comes tumbling down. Like milk, it does a body good.

Burns is from the state level? If so, next stop- federal level to report the state level inaction on the part of Burns. Take no prisoners. We owe these government slags nothing if they don't follow the rules and don't follow through correctly. You gave her a chance and she made the wrong choice by ignoring it. Now, you take her along for the incrimination ride to the feds. Perhaps it's about time to call the Dayton and Cincy TV stations to see if there is interest in this. Bringing this into the public spotlight and finding someone at the fed level to listen may (or may not) force the city to find some integrity and lose the backdoor secrecy stuff. OR- maybe they just don't care!

Looks like no one to date wants to stand up and do the right thing by investigating this city as it relates to HUD. Guess it's easier to gloss over these issues than it is to do a thorough job of investigating the allegations for Burns and the Atty. Gen of Ohio. You know the Journal isn't going to start anything. They're scared of their own shadow and are intimidated by the leaders of this town. Forget them for any kind of relevant investigative reporting. How have the Dayton and Cincy TV stations reacted? Any interested at all? Channel 5 in Cincy always calls me for an interview whenever it's levy time in the old Middletown schools, to give them an opposing view of the levy support.

Is it true that a certain MJ reporter and their boss have tons of information detailing waste and mismanagement of HUD funds?  Is it also true that I had high hopes that the MJ would publish an expose of this cover-up as promised?

 

Sad to say, nary a word regarding the above was ever printed.  I was told by many people not to hold my breath that the local beacon of truth would do the right thing.  I plead guilty in hoping that the citizens of  Middletown would find out what was going on at City Hall.

 

Nelson Self

Bobbie already ahead of you I refuse to buy and they call me regularly to advertise my business in it I refuse.