The OHA signed off on HQS deficiency corrections
that were never made
that were never made
HUD conducts a Housing Quality Standards (HQS) inspection of the building, prior to renewing the housing assistance contract for the following year. If the building does not pass the inspection, my contract with HUD would be terminated.
On December 22, 2008, Terri Muchmore from Kier Management, claimed in an email to me, that the building had failed the HUD inspection and needed some repairs, or it would fail the re-inspection and my contract with HUD would be terminated. (right)
The repairs in red were never made. ------->
A month later, on January 14, 2009 Terri Muchmore from Kier Management, sent me an email containing a list of repairs that were required in order to pass the HUD re-inspection. (below)
2009 / 2010 - HQS INSPECTION - FAILED
Leery of their claims, I asked Kier to send me a list of the required repairs. The list that I received from Kier, was substantial and contained a significant number of tenant caused damages.
KIER'S NEGLIGENT MISMANAGEMENT
According to Kier's list, NOT ONE of the 14 units in the building, was operating at or above HUD minimum standards, both on Dec. 22, 2008 and Jan. 14, 2009.
HUD-FRAUD by KIER
The two lists of repairs that Kier sent to me, are the ones you see above, and at left. Kier refused to make the repairs unless I pre-paid for them with my credit card..... I did not. Yet somehow, the building miraculously passed the re-inspection and the HUD contract was renewed in 2009.
Soon after taking over the building form Kier in November 2009, I discovered that most of the repairs on Kier's lists from the previous year had never been made.
According to HUD rules, If a property fails to meet HUD-Housing Quality Standards, the property owner is afforded time (usually 30-days) to correct the deficiencies, or risk a reduction or cancellation of the subsidy contract.
2010 / 2011 - HQS INSPECTION
The 2010 / 2011 HUD-HQS Inspection was scheduled to take place just a few short weeks after my contract with Kier had ended. I wanted to make sure I was present for the inspection, so that in the event the building did not pass, I could have the required repairs made immediately....
SO DID THE BUILDING PASS?
NOT EVEN CLOSE
NOT EVEN CLOSE
The HUD inspector arrived on February 18, 2010 and after a very thorough inspection, she promptly failed the building, citing among other deficiencies, every single item that appears in red, on the lists of repairs above and was ordered to correct them in 30 days.
THE FACTS ARE
- According to Kier, the building failed the 2009 HUD-pre-inspection. (FYI: There is no such thing as a HUD pre-inspection)
- The findings of the 2010 inspection confirm that Kier never corrected the deficiencies that were cited in the 2009 inspection. (The items in red on the lists above).
- Kier refused to make the required repairs in 2009, unless I paid for them up front with my credit card. (I did not)
- Miraculously, just weeks after failing the 2009 inspection, the building passed the re-inspection and the contract was renewed for 2010.
During the 2010 inspection, not only were the same deficiencies cited again by the same OHA / HUD inspector, she also cited me for the enormous amount of pigeon droppings that had been accumulating on every horizontal surface of the building, for the entire time Kier was under contract to me to maintain the property. The inspector also noted the presence of dry-rot along some of the eaves, that was caused by Kier's failure to remove those pigeon droppings, even though they charged me for removing it, several times per year!
...AND THE PIECES START TO FALL INTO PLACE
- Kier failed to make the repairs that were required by the 2009 / 2010 Inspection, yet somehow, against HUD rules, the building passed the re-inspection and the contract was re-newed for the following year.
- For 4 years, Kier Management was permitted to maintain an enormous health hazard, that placed every single tenant at risk of contracting several, serious and potentially fatal diseases, yet Kier was never cited for it by OHA / HUD inspectors,
- Kier was never cited by OHA / HUD inspectors, for the dry-rot along the eaves of the building, that was caused by their failure to do any preventative maintenance at the building, as required by paragraph 10 of our contract, despite that damage falling well outside of HUD's acceptable limits. (this is the same damage that the OHA terminated my contract over)
- HUD and the Ogden Housing Authority were clearly aware of the damage and just quietly watched as it occurred, because HUD / OHA inspectors were at the property at least 29 times during the time the damage was occurring.
EVIDENTLY, THE OHA HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF STANDARDS FOR KIER MANAGEMENT
THAN THE SET THEY HOLD EVERYONE ELSE TO
... a non-existent set
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO Hmmm...
On December 1, 2009, I began to self manage the building and was immediately cited by OHA / HUD inspector, Angela Pender for everything that she and the Ogden Housing Authority had looked the other way for with Kier, for the previous 4 years, including the unit deficiencies that Kier had been cited for in 2009, but never corrected, and repeatedly renewed the housing assistance contract, while permitting Kier to maintain the building in the filthy, dangerous, and deplorable conditions that are so clearly documented in the posts on this Blog, and never even issued so much as a warning to Kier.
I, on the other hand, was immediately cited for those same deficiencies and was given a scant 30 days to make the repairs, under the threat of cancelling my contract.
.....NICE HUH?
And you can bet the OHA never threatened
to terminate my assistance contract
while Kier managed my building
CAN YOU SAY HUD FRAUD?
MAYBE THIS WILL HELP...
to terminate my assistance contract
while Kier managed my building
CAN YOU SAY HUD FRAUD?
MAYBE THIS WILL HELP...
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