美国住房和城市发展部（HUD）宣布暂停向美属维尔京群岛住房管理局的资金支持，并指控该机构存在严重的财务问题和腐败行为 [1]。
HUD的调查发现该机构存在"广泛的财务管理不善、欺诈控制不足、虚假认证和不适当付款" [1]。九年前，该地区在飓风灾害后获得19亿美元的联邦恢复资金，但迄今仅支出5.7亿美元，远低于三分之一 [1]。截至五月，该机构仅支出了2%的电网恢复资金 [1]。
项目执行严重滞后。截至七月二十日，该机构在95个计划的单户租赁修复项目中仅完成2个，在329个单户和多户住房项目中还未完成一个 [1]。
该机构还因人员犯罪而蒙羞。前首席运营官因欺诈和洗钱罪被判入狱，曾通过虚报木材合同并收取10.7万美元回扣的方式进行贪污 [1]。
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the suspension of federal funding to the US Virgin Islands Housing Authority on Monday, citing widespread corruption and financial mismanagement. [1]
The agency has squandered taxpayer resources in the aftermath of hurricane disaster recovery efforts. Nine years after the territory received $1.9 billion in post-disaster recovery funds, the housing authority has expended only $570 million—less than one-third of the allocation. [1] As of May, the agency had spent just 2 percent of grid restoration funding. [1]
HUD's investigation uncovered "widespread financial management deficiencies, insufficient fraud controls, false certifications, and improper payments" within the organization. [1] Progress on housing reconstruction has been minimal. As of July 20, the agency had completed only two of ninety-five planned single-family rental repair projects and zero of three hundred twenty-nine single- and multi-family housing initiatives. [1]
A former chief operating officer was convicted and imprisoned on fraud and money laundering charges after falsifying lumber contracts and receiving $107,000 in kickbacks. [1]