Both the local newspaper and the controller's office have found evidence that the Houston Housing Authority fails to deliver projects that match the amount of funding it receives.
"Houston's housing department kept inadequate records on its local affordable housing fund, spent more than half of the fund's expenditures on personnel or administration, and supported projects with a 'tenuous relationship to affordable housing,'" report Rebecca Elliott and Mike Morris.
That news comes from the findings of a recent audit by the city controller's office that examined the Houston Housing Authority's performance in the fiscal years of 2015 and 2016, though the duo also investigated the issues in a feature for the Houston Chronicle.
The article includes more details about the spending of the Houston Housing Authority, and provides Chief Development Officer Andy Icken a chance to defend the authority's track record. Elliott and Morris also note that the audit was complete two months ago, but got held up while waiting for Icken's office to respond to the audit's findings.
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