Stockton University locked down after shooting near housing complex, shooters last seen heading toward school
Galloway Township, NJ – Stockton University was placed on lockdown Thursday after a shooting at an off-campus housing complex left one person wounded and prompted a search for two suspects. The shooting…
‘You’d Be Angry Too’: LA Squanders Millions Of Dollars In Housing Vouchers As Homeless Death Rate Soars
‘You’d Be Angry Too’: LA Squanders Millions Of Dollars In Housing Vouchers As Homeless Death Rate Soars John Hugh DeMastri on July 25, 2022 The City of Los Angeles utilized less than…
Four Charged in Big Island Affordable Housing Corruption Scheme
HONOLULU – A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Paul Joseph Sulla, Jr., 76, and Gary Charles Zamber, 53, both attorneys residing on the island of Hawaii (“Big Island”), on…
Four Charged in Big Island Affordable Housing Corruption Scheme
HONOLULU – A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Paul Joseph Sulla, Jr., 76, and Gary Charles Zamber, 53, both attorneys residing on the island of Hawaii (“Big Island”), on…
Brother of Baltimore Business Owner Admits to Falsely Claiming His Brother’s Bank Balance and Activity as His Own in Order to Obtain a Federal Housing Administration Loan
Baltimore, Maryland – Calvin Abramowitz, age 48, of Lakewood, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud. As part of his guilty plea, Abramowitz has been ordered to pay $209,036. The guilty…
Border Shelter Housing Muslim Migrants Opens Its Doors In Mexico
Border Shelter Housing Muslim Migrants Opens Its Doors In Mexico Jennie Taer on June 21, 2022 A border shelter for Muslim migrants hoping to gain asylum in either the U.S. or Canada…
U.S. Attorney’s Office hosts roundtable to combat sexual harassment in housing
CINCINNATI – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division hosted a roundtable today for community organizations to discuss the problem of…
United States Attorney Resolves Groundbreaking Suit Against Meta Platforms, Inc., Formerly Known As Facebook, To Address Discriminatory Advertising For Housing
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, along with Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, announced today that the Justice…
Three Defendants who Participated in Kickback and Bribery Schemes Involving Federal Housing Grant Programs Sentenced in Federal Court
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA — Charles “Chuck” Willys Mincey, Jr., 65, of Flora, Mississippi, Karl Henry Zerbst, Jr., 62, of Mount Pleasant,, and Brian Daniel Herndon, 46, of Summerville, were sentenced in federal court…
‘Difficult Times’: Maine City Raises Property Taxes To Pay For Migrant Housing
‘Difficult Times’: Maine City Raises Property Taxes To Pay For Migrant Housing Jennie Taer on June 8, 2022 The city of Portland, Maine, raised property taxes on Monday in order to provide…
Black Buffalo 3D’s NEXCON 3D Construction Printer Featured at U.S. Department of HUD Innovative Housing Showcase in Washington D.C.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. and KEARNY POINT, N.J. and NEW YORK, June 7, 2022 — Black Buffalo 3D (BB3D) will exhibit 3D-printed housing walls and its modular NEXCON 3D construction printer at the US…
Suspect from Neptune Charged in February Washington Village Housing Complex Shooting
ASBURY PARK, NJ – On Tuesday, police arrested 29-year-old Stephon Keys and charged him for attempted murder in connection with a shooting that took place in Asbury Park in February. Acting Monmouth…
New York Housing Authority Employee Sentenced to 12 Years for Shooting Boss
NEW YORK, NY – A former New York City Housing Authority employee was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting a building superintendent multiple times after being written up for a…
Police Investigating as Woman Shot in Hays Manor Housing Project
McKees Rocks, PA- Police in McKees Rocks responded to a call in the Hays Manor Housing Project after a woman was shot on Saturday at around 10:40 p.m. “First responders found an…
Wisconsin Man Charged with Seeking to Intimidate and Interfere with Housing Rights Following Racially-Motivated Incidents
A federal criminal complaint was issued charging William A. McDonald, 54, of West Allis, Wisconsin, with using force and threatening to use force to injure, intimidate and interfere with the housing rights…
Handgun, Drugs Seized During Arrest at Roodner Court Housing Complex
NORWALK, CT – The Norwalk Police Department announced an arrest and seizure of a gun and drugs during a call at the Roodner Court Housing Complex. On Wednesday, the Norwalk Police Department…
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Fair Housing Act Case Alleging Unlawful Exclusion of Tenants Who Do Not Speak English
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – The Justice Department filed a Statement of Interest today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York explaining how policies that exclude rental housing…
Newark Housing Authority Director of Technology Embezzled $594,000
NEWARK, NJ – The former Information Technology Director at the Newark Housing Authority has admitted to embezzling $594,425 from the agency by selling the authority’s electronic assets online and keeping the money.…
Greystar and University of Pennsylvania Close on 588-Bed Student Housing Redevelopment Project on Penn Campus
“The University enthusiastically joins in this partnership with Greystar, as specialists in rental housing for the collegiate marketplace, to kick off the construction and repositioning of this campus asset,” says Ed Datz,…
Former Worcester Housing Official Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for $2.3 Million Property Development Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A former employee of the City of Worcester’s Housing Development Office and Executive Office of Economic Development was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a…
Woman Previously Convicted in Fraud Scheme Admits to Defrauding the Federal Housing Administration, Business and Unemployment COVID Relief Programs
PROVIDENCE – A North Providence woman today admitted in federal court that she provided false information to a mortgage lender when applying for a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage, and that she…