The charges handed up over two days last week say the tenants lied on their applications and re-certifications to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development's Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly
knows as the Section 8 program, according to a news release from
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty's office.Some of the tenants did not disclose previous felony convictions, which would have made them ineligible for the vouchers, and others
harbored unauthorized tenants in their public housing units, prosecutors
say.The landlords in the case are accused of covering up the tenants' violations, and some are accused of living in their own properties that
were subsidized by taxpayers.
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