DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 881

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§ 881
Parent Document
United States v. Southland Management Corp., 326 F.3d 669 (2002)
Effective Date
2002-05-22
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/27565/united-states-v-southland-managem... ↗

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On this issue, the evidence positively
demonstrates beyond reasonable question that at the
time of defendants’ submission of the challenged
vouchers and HUD’s approval of those vouchers, HUD,
based on its own annual inspections of the property,
knew full well of the very conditions of the property
which it now claims made the property not “decent,
safe, and sanitary.” HUD, through its contract
inspector, Management Solutions of America, Inc.,
conducted annual inspections of the Jackson Apartments
for each of the years defendants’ HAP Contract was in
effect; and for each of the years from August 1993 to
May 1997, based on conditions found to exist at the
property by HUD’s inspector, the apartments received
“below average” or “unsatisfactory” physical inspection
reports from HUD. HUD’s inspector furnished to HUD’s
project manager responsible for the apartments a copy
of his inspection report in which he detailed his
specific findings and indicated repairs which needed to
be made in order that the property would satisfy HUD’s
minimum housing quality standards. Vicki Gross, the
project manager for the time period at issue, in turn,