ahtigers10 OP t1_j8slfhf wrote on February 16, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Reply to comment by 88138813 in WaPo: DC overpays landlords millions to house the city’s poorest by ahtigers10

Yep, the article mentions that exact scheme. Pure profiteering off poverty. Disgraceful.

Baryon-Sweep t1_j8v4se1 wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:02 AM

What is it in the US where we just can't do anything efficiently or competently.

Almost every program is rife with incompetence, profiteering, and fraud.

[deleted] t1_j8vjdfk wrote on February 17, 2023 at 6:29 AM

> What is it in the US where we just can't do anything efficiently or competently.

I mean - there ARE well run government programs. You just don't read about them because no one publishes new articles about things going well.

Bitterfish t1_j8wmtdz wrote on February 17, 2023 at 2:05 PM

A lot of the time the culprit is regulatory capture, where the industry that is meant to be governed by an agency ends up defining the terms of its governance. A famous recent example is Boeing and the FAA, among many others. It seems likely that DCHA is extremely cozy with landlords and this is one result.

beefprime t1_j8v5kkt wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:09 AM

Efficient for who, is the question you should ask yourself.

Baryon-Sweep t1_j8v7dcn wrote on February 17, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Indeed

[deleted] t1_j8usm9s wrote on February 17, 2023 at 2:23 AM

Well, its disgraceful on multiple levels. Disgraceful of the developers/owners to reconfigure buildings in this shameful way. Disgraceful of DC officials to pay the money, either knowing or deliberately failing to know of the bogus reconfiguration. And disgraceful of any politicians and their voters who allow this to continue to happen.