Navajo Housing Authority to forfeit $26M after settlement
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The Navajo Housing Authority will forfeit $26 million of the $96 million in federal dollars it was awarded for affordable housing projects as part of a settlement.
The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development had accused the housing authority of failing to use the federal funds to complete affordable home projects in 2012 as it had planned.
An investigation by the Arizona Republic found that the housing authority had a history of wasteful spending. Many of the newspaper’s findings were later backed up by U.S. Sen. John McCain’s office.
The Navajo Housing Authority board’s chief executive officer stepped down and the board was overhauled after the investigations.
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