Housing Opportunity Commission of Montgomery County, MD: 2014

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Housing Opportunity Commission Montgomery County, Maryland "Public trust and confidence does matter"

PUBIC TRUST MATTERS IN 2014?

24 CFR 964.135

Resident involvement in HA management operations. Residents shall be involved and participate in the overall policy development and direction of Public Housing operations. (a) Resident management corporations (RMCs) may contract with HAs to perform one or more management functions provided the resident entity has received sufficient training and/or has staff with the necessary expertise to perform the management functions and provided the RMC meets bonding and licensing requirements. (b) Residents shall be actively involved in a HA’s decision-making process and give advice on matters such as modernization, security, maintenance, etc.

My reason for implementing that 24 CFR 964.135 HUD regulation above because HOC forgot what HUD's original purpose and why HUD was created. As a person from the public, college student and a resident under HOC, I have the right to ask questions of accountability. Even though, I was harass and threaten for exercising my rights, I still believe in the Constitution- to redress the government and the 1st Amendment. As we witness bullying tactics and allege corruption from government officials in the news this disease is spread throughout the United States. First question, " How HOC Commissioners on the board serve terms in office more than the President of the United States? What is the purpose? That's why is the culture is set in HOC environment and will remain until there is some unified changes. Is it control and dictatorship to run an agency for a personal benefit? Why do a Commissioners or the public official who appoints a Commissioner want to stay on the board for a lifetime? What is the hidden agenda, purpose or plan? Political payback? What I found interesting that a fellow Commissioner once ask me am I going to hold the CEO accountable? Why not? Is he above the law? I attended an HOC meeting in 2/1/2012 and a Commissioner raise some concerns that they didn't want to me speak to the CEO on camera. Is that why the CEO called my house in a threatening tone to bully me, twice?

Public trust and confidence is at a low-time low- time nationally in the local, State and Federal government, this cancer is rising throughout the nation. Integrity can't be brought and it's not found in an education (politician) nor a suit and tie. Can integrity be brought back while the bullying tactics cease against certain class of citizens who ask questions accountability?

HOC believes in Dis-Empowering Tactics

As a former resident advocate and experienced former Board of Commissioners member; my goal was to complete my Master's in Public Policy and seek living wage employment in Maryland. Unfortunately, I haven't been lucky however work as a temporary contract worker and volunteer in community activities.

I am abiding to HUD's program rules by educating myself as a transient participant. HOC is threaten by my knowledge of the HUD's program rules that created an oppressive environment. They rather use the program to "control" me by suppressing my rights, to negatively stereo type and discredit me from what HUD program rules desires "residents participation". HUD is supportive to my goals however HOC (PHA) desires me to fail in my future goals.

I participated in a Housing Conference on May 7, 2012 and

Shaun Donovan , HUD Secretary was the keynote speaker. At the end of the Conference, it was an open forum that I one of the participants. I asked one question regarding to Section 3 program. (This program is a self-sufficiency program that helps program participants to become self sufficient by employment or owning a business.) On May 10, 2012 I received a threatening letter from HOC for participating in the Conference. In their minds they thought that I was exposing their 5 year plan objectives but I was focusing on my own future goals - to work or own a business. HOC was threaten of my participation and interactions in this Conference and my questions to Section 3 program that will assist me to become independent of the subsidy program.

I attended a HOC Commissioners meeting to address my quality of life issues that involves a decent, safe and sanitary housing the meeting of 2/1/12. After the meeting, I had received two troubling, rude and intimidating phone calls that I discovered immediately, "Why there is a a lack of participation by residents". Why residents don't speak about their issues at the Commissioners meeting because of these certain threats of intimidation tactics. Why do HOC desire to promote a homeless situation when a resident complain about my living conditions? Is this HOC common practice to use the HVC program to threaten residents to take their voucher if they complain about a decent, safe and sanitary place to live? This illustrates a basic practice of "social inequality," I clearly understand my place in HOC society.