As New Orleans’ public housing authority prepares to take direct control of a Central City housing complex, federal officials this week gave a stinging critique of the site’s management and urged the authority to block all funding to its management partner.
That management partner, the Guste Homes Resident Management Corporation, failed to share complete water usage data with the Housing Authority of New Orleans as the complex amassed a $1.5 million water bill, Department of Housing and Urban Development officials said in a Wednesday audit.
HANO, meanwhile, failed to verify whether Guste Homes had elected a board of directors. It also did not obtain operating budgets from its partner, HUD officials said…