9/28/13

Your tax dollars at work

 Hillsborough County, Florida,  has poured millions of tax dollars over the past 20 years into a program meant to cover rent for homeless people. But county leaders can't say for sure whether the landlords they paid actually housed anyone. A computer system tracks rent checks paid each month under the Homeless Recovery program. The system, though, does not record the addresses where tenants are supposed to be living.  Details here   [BJS]