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
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