A2Z Field Services has been in Chapter 11 since May 1, 2026. Its sworn August report shows $1,979.31 in the bank, zero full-time employees, and $261,065.19 in past-due vendor bills. HUD’s J&A 26-30 calls A2Z Field Services “uniquely capable” of running federal Field Service Management work.
That is the same J&A in which HUD explains why it is ending the old contracts. HUD cites “key vendors suspending operations because of outstanding client invoices, lack of property preservation and maintenance triggering property liens and blocking the marketing or sale of homes, and non-payments escalated to Congressional inquiries, putting the Agency’s reputation and funding at risk.”
HUD wrote that unpaid vendors put its own reputation at risk when identifying the nearly $400,000 owed to Labor by 24 Asset Management. Then it shortlisted a bankrupt company that has not paid its vendors. Even worse, though, Secretary Scott Turner has had the opportunity to pay Labor and has categorically refused to even publicly acknowledge the problem. And Acting Deputy Secretary Paul Olin simply further embedded the salt in Labor’s wounds by short listing a currently in bankruptcy, with zero employees firm, A2Z Field Services for new HUD M&M FSM awards.
The Debtor HUD Called Capable
A2Z filed Case No. 26-52098 in Subchapter V, Southern District of Ohio. Black Dome Services, which bought A2Z in October 2025 according to the debtor’s own declaration, has asked the court to dismiss the case. Trial on that motion is set for December 11, 2026. So, which A2Z Field Services is HUD even dealing with?!
The declaration also lists over $1.1 million in merchant cash advances. The court has extended A2Z’s use of cash collateral, which means a lender holds a lien on the cash. HUD’s J&A says it reviewed each respondent for “financial securities.”
Now read the August report. Cash fell from $19,344.06 to $1,979.31 in one month, a drop of $17,364.75, or 89.77 percent. The $261,065.19 owed to vendors is 131.90 times what A2Z has in the bank.
Not One Dollar Is Current
Nothing on the aging schedule is under 31 days old. $71,337.34 is 31 to 60 days past due. $189,727.85, or 72.67 percent, is 61 days or older. The schedule runs four pages of vendors, and many are Field Service Technicians and Inspectors who did the work.
A2Z’s declaration says it had about 600 contractors working for it. The August report shows zero full-time employees, both now and on the day the case began. The declaration said 17 of its 19 employees were full-time.
HUD Certified What The Debtor’s Own Report Contradicts
The J&A says the work requires a “fully staffed and equipped office.” It says the three recommended firms have “the necessary office space, access to staffing, and resources to provide these services immediately.” The Contracting Officer certified the justification as accurate and complete. Does that mean that Paul Olin, HUD’s Acting Deputy Secretary or Charles Hoyle Jr were wrong? Was the information both incorrect and wreckless? And what role does Secretary Scott Turner play as the buck should stop with him?
A2Z swears it has no full-time employees. Either HUD read that sworn report and called A2Z staffed anyway, or HUD never read it. The J&A never uses the word “bankruptcy.” Both answers are an indictment.
HUD Told Us What Happens Next
HUD’s own sentence is a forecast. Vendors stop working when invoices go unpaid. Homes go unmaintained. Liens block sales. Congress gets the letters. The Agency’s reputation and funding take the hit.
Put a bankrupt prime with $1,979.31 into that sequence and the first link breaks first. Foreclosurepedia expects the next round of Field Service Technicians and Inspectors to learn what the last round learned, and HUD will have signed the paper that sent them.
Two Firms, One Pattern
Foreclosurepedia’s running tally of what 24 Asset Management owes Labor is no less than $353,679.50. It is a floor and not an audit. Add A2Z’s sworn $261,065.19 and the two firms stand at no less than $614,744.69.
HUD says non-payment is why 24 Asset Management is losing its contracts. HUD then put a debtor with the same kind of debt on the shortlist. Foreclosurepedia asks which of those two firms HUD believes will pay Labor.
Who Signed
Paul M. Olin certified the justification as accurate and complete. Contracting Officer Charles W. Hoyle Jr. certified it on September 30. Acting Deputy Chief Procurement Officer Amber Jones signed on October 9. Chief Procurement Officer Francine L. Hemphill approved it on October 13.
A2Z’s bankruptcy was on the public docket for the entire period. Foreclosurepedia emailed Craig Karnes, the former director of HUD’s Management and Marketing program, A2Z’s sworn declaration in May 2026. That was more than a month before HUD sent its July Sources Sought Notice. He did not reply.
Either every official on that signature page read a public docket showing a debtor with no employees, or none of them looked. Secretary Scott Turner commands this department. He had the authority at every step to demand a bankruptcy check before anything left his building. The buck stops with him.
Five Areas Are Still Open
The J&A prices eight areas at $170,829,743.00. Alpine Companies holds awards for three. The other five carry $117,886,987.00: 1D, 2D, 4D/5D, 5P, and 3S/5S. Foreclosurepedia has seen no awardee for any of them. The larger problem for Alpine Companies is the simple and salient fact that they cannot even figure out how to secure their website.
The J&A does not say which firm is meant to take which area. Foreclosurepedia has seen no award to A2Z or P.K. Management Group. Nothing is signed yet, and that is the window. Normally, we would link PK Management Group’s website, pkmg.net, but it no longer even exists. And even if they can overcome that hurdle, April Cooper has yet to publicly discuss whether she will pay Labor; at what rates and timelines would she pay Labor, and why Labor should even trust her with ~$400,000 still owed to Labor in the same award areas.
What The Law Asks Of HUD
A bankruptcy filing does not by itself bar a federal award. That is not the argument. The argument is that a contracting officer must find a contractor responsible before awarding, and the federal standard has long required adequate financial resources. Even looming larger is whether or not A2Z Field Services would be capable of passing a HUD security check due to the potential for financial leveraging by foreign nationals. Moreover, though, the HUD M&M FSM requires a performance bond and I am not familiar with any firm that would grant a ~$10 million dollar performance bond for a firm currently in bankruptcy.
HUD’s J&A cites no financial analysis of A2Z beyond “financial securities.” It never mentions the case, the cash collateral order, or the motion to dismiss. HUD should say who ran that analysis and what it showed. Instead of the opaqueness that Secretary Scott Turner shrouds himself in, full transparency should be on display before yet another half million dollars is stolen from Labor.
What Labor Does Now
If A2Z owes you money, file your proof of claim in Case No. 26-52098. The general deadline was July 17, 2026, and the government deadline is October 28, 2026. Call the office of Subchapter V Trustee Donald W. Mallory and ask whether A2Z listed your debt.
If 24 Asset Management owes you, file with the HUD Office of Inspector General. File liens. Hire a lawyer and sue Fast Eddie San Roman. Contact the media and your Congressional representatives. Document every unpaid work order by property, service, date, and amount. Ask any firm in writing how and when you will be paid before you accept an order.
Call your Representative and your Senator. HUD wrote that Congressional inquiries over non-payment hurt its reputation. Make the next inquiry.
HUD wrote that unpaid vendors put its reputation at risk. Then it shortlisted a bankrupt company with $1,979.31 in the bank. The vendors are still waiting.
Disclosure: Foreclosurepedia’s founder has previously worked for A2Z Field Services and has had a past consulting relationship with Alpine’s CEO.
