Dr. Coburn Asks HUD to Prevent Improper Hurricane Sandy Payments After New Report Identifies $700 Million Misspent Post Katrina

The following press release was published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 3, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

In a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Dr. Coburn asks the department to outline how it is planning to ensure $16 billion in Hurricane Sandy grants will be awarded properly after the department’s inspector general released a report detailing how 24,000 noncompliant homeowners received millions in federal grants following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The report found 24,000 homeowners who collectively received around $698 million in federal funding were noncompliant with properly elevating their homes, a condition of receiving the funds, after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs