The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is accusing Dallas of mismanagement of funds, and wants its money back.
"As the result of a scathing audit released this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has warned Dallas City Hall it could be forced to repay millions related to housing projects funded with federal dollars," report Robert Wilonsky and Hayat Norimine.
HUD's Office of Inspector General (OIG) spent a year investigating the city's management of Community Housing Development Organizations—"the private nonprofits that take federal money given to the city to build homes in their communities," explains the article.
A separate article by Shawn Shinneman puts a dollar figure on the offense reported by the OIG: $2.4 million, with another $4.4 million potential owed. The final figure will be determined by a subsequent report by the Fort Worth Office of Community Planning and Development—the HUD office that administers the program in DFW.
FULL STORY: Dallas could be forced to repay millions to HUD after latest critical housing audit
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