TAZEWELL COUNTY (HOI) - An audit of the Illinois Housing Authority shows hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from several counties.
A group of 10 Central Illinois clerks including Tazewell County s John Ackerman are expressing concerns with the state s financial reporting.
The auditor general confirms county governments gave more to the state s Rental Housing Support Program than the housing authority reported receiving.
In McLean and Sangamon Counties, the difference totaled more than $400,000. Currently, Downstate Illinois receives nothing from this program, virtually nothing. For example, Tazewell County received no grants for this program, said Ackerman.
He says a bill in the legislature asks counties to double their contributions to the housing program, which he says would be more than $300,000 a year.
(The Center Square) – A group of Illinois county clerks is raising questions regarding funding for a rental housing support program. Fees collected on documents filed through the Recorder of Deeds offices are intended t.
by Kevin Bessler, The Center Square | May 06, 2021 12:00 PM Print this article
A group of Illinois county clerks is raising questions regarding funding for a rental housing support program.
Fees collected on documents filed through the Recorder of Deeds offices are intended to go toward grants through the Rental Housing Support Program and distributed throughout the state. But a report from the Illinois Housing Authority found 68% goes to the Chicago area and some downstate counties receive little or nothing.
Now there is
legislation in Springfield that would double the document fee from $9 to $18.
Tazewell County Clerk John Ackerman said the report shows that between 2014-2016, $166,620 of grant revenues was distributed back to central Illinois counties, compared to $2.4 million reported collected during that time by central Illinois clerks for the program.