Obama administration ignores group’s link to ACORN, awards $700,000 grant

[chanel]

A newly released internal audit appears to indicate that the Government Accountability Office and President Barack Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development incorrectly argued that a specific organization wasn’t ACORN-affiliated.

HUD’s office of general counsel and the GAO have both claimed that Affordable Housing Centers of America, or AHCOA, is not affiliated with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN. AHCOA formerly called itself ACORN Housing, but changed its name after the 2009 ACORN meltdown.

The Obama administration has awarded more than $700,000 in taxpayer funds to AHCOA despite a 2010 law stipulating that no taxpayer funds could be awarded to ACORN “or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.”

Read more: ACORN Housing | Housing And Urban Development | GAO | The Daily Caller

Another day; another scandal. Where's the OWS???

 

[Ravi]

Holy Shit! I hope they aren't helping any poor people, the evil bastards!

 

[ba1614]

Being a liar is ok as long as you're helping the poor? If it was so noble you would think they could at least be honest about it.

 

[chanel]

Right And the people at Solyndra were only trying to save the planet.