BOSTON — A Haverhill landlord has agreed to pay the state $40,000 to resolve allegations that he fraudulently obtained state housing subsidies, Attorney General Maura Healey recently announced.
According to a press release from Healey’s office, Thomas Theriault of Haverhill allegedly presented falsified documents to obtain $20,000 in housing subsidies from the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Under the terms of the Assurance of Discontinuance that was recently filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Theriault will pay the state double damages of $40,000 and is permanently barred from accepting any type of rental housing payment or subsidy from the state in the future.
The Assurance of Discontinuance notes the affected property as 5-7 Abbot St. and that Theriault falsified certificates of occupancy for two apartments in the building, resulting in his fraudulent receipt of $20,000 in rent and security deposit subsidies from the Department of Housing and Community Development’s HomeBase Program.
The document also notes that two families intended to use the HomeBase program to provide their security deposits and supplement their rent.
HomeBase pays landlords directly on behalf of people in the emergency shelter assistance program, the document states.
To obtain the subsidies, Theriault was required to have the apartments inspected by the city of Haverhill to ensure that they were free of significant code violations, and to obtain certificates of occupancy from the...
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