A Colonial Heights real estate broker has agreed to settle allegations he ran afoul of a federal rent subsidy program.
Harold Joseph Tyler, the owner of Tyler Realty Group, agreed to settle allegations that he collected additional rent from a low-income tenant, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Virginia announced Thursday.
Collecting additional money for rent is not allowed under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program in which Tyler was participating.
The federally funded program, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, is for low-income residents. In exchange for participating, Tyler gets part of the rent from housing assistance funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
