KYLE, Texas — One of the state’s fastest growing cities is home to a Housing Authority that’s operated rogue for years according to a recent letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Housing Authority of the City of Kyle is tasked with maintaining about 50 public housing apartments, but the letter paints an image of an agency director who was more concerned about caring for herself than the tenants in her care.

The letter states the director appointed her own board and doubled her salary in the past four years without any outside approval. Two inspections of the Housing Authorities properties show maintenance doesn’t appear to be getting done at all.

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The inspections were done in 2013 and 2015. Even after two years had passed, door locks remained broken, refrigerators were missing from apartments, and emergency call boxes still didn’t work.

"The human element is number-one. In all the decisions that we are making here tonight and will continue to make, we want to make sure that the residents of these developments are taken care of first," said Scott Sellers, Kyle City Manager.

The city’s mayor said he wasn’t aware a Housing Authority existed until he received the letter from HUD this month.

The mayor of Kyle appointed five members to the board, which city leaders said hasn’t been done by at least the past three mayors. Four members took their oathes of office Tuesday.

"We are dealing with co-mingling of funds, lack of records," Board Chair Daniel Harper said.

Harper said his background as Deputy Vice Chancellor of Finance for Texas State University will help turn around the Housing Authority of the City of Kyle.

Executive Director Vickie Simpson turned in her resignation, which the Board accepted Tuesday. She will leave at the end of the year after overseeing the agency for 32 years.

"Trying to understand the history and trying to tap into that knowledge while she is still employed by the Housing Authority is going to be very important for us."

Without Simpson's cooperation in the transition period, it could be difficult. The new board has virtually no paper trail to piece together a history that's less than exemplary.

The Board of Commissioners will meet Dec. 8 and Dec. 15 at 5:45 p.m. at Kyle City Hall. Tenants of the public housing complexes are encouraged to attend and address their concerns to the board.