By David Laguerre | Mohawk Valley Voice | November 9, 2026
Housing Management Resources Inc. has paid the federal government $2.5 million to settle a civil False Claims Act matter involving Section 8 housing assistance at two properties, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced November 6. This significant amount is part of the HMR settlement, reflecting the serious implications of regulatory compliance in the housing sector.
The settlement concerns the Albert Carriere Apartments, also known as Champlain Family Housing, in Rouses Point, New York, and Leisure Tower in Lynn, Massachusetts. Neither property is in the Mohawk Valley.
What the government says the company acknowledged
According to the Justice Department’s account of the agreement, HMR admitted and accepted responsibility for changes its personnel made to tenant files while preparing for government audits in 2015.
The department said staff identified missing or deficient documentation, then altered or created records without the affected tenants’ review or approval. Certain managers and compliance personnel knew about, directed or participated in the conduct, according to the department.
The government’s announcement says those changes made files inaccurately reflect the documents that had existed before the alterations. It describes the statements and records as material to HUD’s decision about whether housing assistance payments were payable.
This report concerns a civil settlement and the admissions described by the government. It is not a report of a criminal conviction.
Housing assistance and recordkeeping
Section 8 authorizes federal assistance payments to eligible property owners on behalf of low-income tenants. Participating owners and management agents must keep records supporting tenant eligibility and the amount claimed.
All 56 units at Albert Carriere Apartments were currently or previously covered by a Section 8 contract, according to the release. At Leisure Tower, 180 of its 181 units were currently or previously covered.
The release does not identify misconduct by tenants. Its account centers on the management company’s handling of records.
How the civil case began
The matter arose from a whistleblower complaint filed in the Northern District of New York. Under the False Claims Act, a private party can bring a civil action on behalf of the United States and receive part of a recovery.
The whistleblower will receive $437,500 under the settlement, prosecutors said. The case number is 1:23-cv-1179.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office credited cooperation among its staff, HUD’s inspector general and enforcement offices, and IRS Criminal Investigation.
For Mohawk Valley readers, the case is a regional federal-court development involving accountability for housing assistance. The announcement does not establish that any local property or tenant is affected, and it should not be read as changing a resident’s eligibility or rent.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office announcement, November 6, 2026.
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