Audit finds Baton Rouge mismanaged millions in housing money, federal investigation underway

Audit finds Baton Rouge mismanaged millions in housing money. A federal probe is underway

The East Baton Rouge Parish agency that doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in federal housing funding during the COVID pandemic allowed too much to be spent on fees to developers, spent money before contracts were in place and…

Audit finds Baton Rouge mismanaged millions in housing money, federal investigation underway

The East Baton Rouge Parish agency that doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in federal housing money during the COVID pandemic allowed too much to be spent on development fees, spent money before contracts were in place and made…

Audit reveals parish agency mismanaged housing money during COVID pandemic

BATON ROUGE - A parish agency that distributed money for federal housing during the COVID-19 pandemic spent too much on developer fees, spent money before contracts were in place and made duplicate payments, The Advocate said. The newspaper cites an internal audit by federal law enforcement. Officials are investigating the agency's actions during former Mayor Sharon Weston Broome's time in office. The audit was done under Broome's administration…