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   From: snothomish@wa.goofs   
      
   WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development likely paid   
   out more than $84 million in ineligible assistance to Minnesota during   
   President Joe Biden’s final year in office — including to more than 500   
   “deceased tenants,” according to officials and documents reviewed by The   
   Post.   
      
   HUD has been looking into billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded housing   
   aid doled out by the Biden administration — and its most recent review   
   found $84.6 million in potentially erroneous payments in fiscal year   
   2024.   
      
   That included up to $496,000 in improper assistance to 509 dead tenants.   
      
   Approximately $246,000 more was shelled out to 20 people whose Social   
   Security numbers couldn’t be verified, meaning they were likely   
   non-citizens.   
      
   “Biden’s HUD failed the people of Minnesota — paying dead people while   
   vulnerable families were left behind,” Secretary Scott Turner said.   
      
   “This gross level of mismanagement and failure to safeguard American   
   taxpayer dollars is unacceptable. Under President Trump’s leadership, we   
   are holding bad actors accountable and will continue to root out rampant   
   fraud in Minnesota and across the country.”   
      
   HUD’s review comes as Minnesota faces mounting accusations of widespread   
   fraud totaling billions of dollars over the course of Democratic Gov.   
   Tim Walz’s tenure. Walz dropped his bid for a third term last week amid   
   the scandal.   
      
   The funding went to 61 housing authorities across the Land of 10,000   
   Lakes, officials said in the preliminary audit, which was not able to   
   fully confirm fraud had taken place.   
      
   A total of $5.8 billion in “questionable” rental assistance payments   
   were flagged nationwide — including to roughly 30,000 “deceased tenants”   
   and “thousands” of possible non-citizens — The Post first reported last   
   month.   
      
   Of that funding, approximately 11% went to more than 200,000 possibly   
   ineligible tenants. Of those tenants, 29,715 (around 14%) were flagged   
   as potentially deceased, 9,472 (4%) were flagged as non-citizens and   
   165,393 (82%) were taking funding that exceeded the threshold for   
   assistance in their geographic region.   
      
   A “large concentration” was doled out to housing authorities in New   
   York, California and Washington, DC.   
      
   Deceased recipients were unearthed in all 50 states, prompting Turner to   
   decry a “massive abuse of taxpayer dollars.”   
      
   A total of $49 billion was spent on more than 4 million households, with   
   $33 billion coming from HUD’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).   
   Another $16 billion came from the Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)   
   departmental program.   
      
   Past audits from HUD’s Office of Inspector General faulted both the   
   department and the states getting money for not having robust antifraud   
   measures in place.   
      
   Both PBRA and TBRA officials were also cited for not properly assessing   
   the potential fraud risks — with investigators saying there was no   
   “clear process” for reporting suspected fraud.   
      
   HUD’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer has overseen the review of   
   taxpayer funding to public housing authorities, landlords, other   
   contractors or non-federal entities in fiscal year 2024, which spanned   
   from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024.   
      
   Former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge and her deputy secretary Adrianne   
   Todman did not respond to past requests for comment about alleged   
   improper payments during that funding year.   
      
   Reps for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency did not immediately   
   respond to requests for comment.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/01/12/us-news/biden-admin-likely-paid-out-84-6m-i   
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