A 2012 Massachusetts Inspector General review of HAC's federal stimulus (ARRA) weatherization spending found the money was used for its intended purposes.
HAC weatherized 602 units; the review (2012-4351-3R) reported no adverse findings.
The State Auditor found the shelter-transport vendor's procurement file 'did not contain sufficient evidence or documentation to support' the state's decision to hire it.
The Auditor also said the state should have considered the MBTA and regional transit authorities before a costlier private company, and noted 'we would expect emergency contracts to last weeks, not several months.'
The State Auditor flagged a $140 shelter-transport charge for a 223-foot trip, and a single ride for 55 people to a health facility billed at $4,651.30.
Both examples are the Auditor's own, from the Mercedes Cab / Pilgrim Transit contract review.
The emergency shelter-transport contract (dated October 17, 2023) produced nine invoices totaling $4,749,307 for 15,924 trips — about $155 per trip.
Average trip 15.49 miles ($10.01/mile). The Auditor's report does not state the often-quoted $6.8M contract total; that figure comes from contract records, not the audit.
A 1963 list of 45 communist goals was read into the Congressional Record — including control of schools and discrediting the family.
Goals cited by Freedom Focus: #17 control of schools, #24 eliminate obscenity laws, #25 break down morality, #26 present degeneracy as normal, #40 discredit the family, #41 raise children away from parents. The list came from Cleon Skousen's 1958 book The Naked Communist.
From: FF: China #4; DDS TransgenderismLink checked 2026-09-29
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Housing Assistance Corporation reported $47.6 million in revenue in fiscal 2024, with about 83% coming from contributions and grants.
IRS Form 990 (FY ending June 2024): total revenue $47,617,428; CEO compensation $243,884. HAC is headquartered at 460 West Main St., Hyannis (EIN 23-7431255).
State spending records list Housing Assistance Corporation under two different vendor names, so a search on one name undercounts its state payments by about $1 million.
'HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORP' ($3.81M / 80 payments) and 'HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION' ($989K / 42 payments) are both active FY2024+. CTHRU also truncates long vendor names.
At least $848,466 paid to the shelter-transport vendor Mercedes Cab in FY2023-24 came from the state's Federal COVID-19 Response Fund, appropriation 'Immigrants and Refugees Housing Reserve'.
Paid through MEMA: FY2023 $39,733.44 + FY2024 $808,733.06 (appropriation 15990122). EOHLC paid a further $939,814.86 in FY2024. CTHRU's total ($2.24M) is well below the $4.75M invoiced — an unexplained gap.
FEMA obligated $15.4 million in Shelter and Services Program money to the state housing office on September 24, 2024, then de-obligated all of it on February 10, 2025.
Award EMW-2024-SP-05178; period of performance began 2023-10-01. Obligation is not spending — whether any was drawn is an open records question.
The owner and chief operating officer of Mercedes Cab, the no-bid shelter-transport contractor, gave a combined $2,100 to the campaign of Sen. Julian Cyr, who chairs the Joint Committee on Housing.
Per OCPF filings: $500 (2022-09-13) and $1,000 (2024-01-02) from the owner; $100 (2024-03-27) and $500 (2024-07-10) from the COO. The same principals also gave to Rep. Hadley Luddy ($750) and Gov. Healey ($250); company employees have given across party lines. The gifts are legal and disclosed; no wrongdoing is established by the donations themselves.