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Residents and council press DCHA on audits, missing paperwork and senior finance turnover
Summary
Resident leaders repeated calls for a forensic audit and transparency after witnesses alleged missing paperwork and questioned the handling of large sums; DCHA said multiple audits are active and the corrective-action plan is near finalization.
Resident leaders and the DCHA Citywide Resident Advisory Board described a history of financial-control problems and urged a forensic accounting. Kenneth Council, a resident leader, told the Committee: "Some of it is over a $125,000,000 that has no paperwork attached to it," and asked for a thorough accounting. Council members also pressed the agency about turnover in senior finance positions: a new CFO who joined in March left in short order, and DCHA used short-term senior finance consultants during the transition.
DCHA said it has completed overdue audits for FY2021–FY2023 and that the Office of Audit and Compliance is finalizing a corrective-action report. Interim CFO Israel Kazim told the committee staff have responded to hundreds of PBC requests from auditors and expect the OIG and OAC to deliver final reports to the council in the coming weeks. DCHA pledged a public recruiting process for a permanent CFO and stronger HR vetting for executive hires.
