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The details you describe align with recent reports from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Secretary Scott Turner. In January 2026, Turner publicly highlighted findings from an ongoing audit of federal rental assistance programs, specifically noting that during fiscal year 2024 (the final full year of the Biden administration, covering October 2023–September 2024), HUD identified up to **$84.6 million** in potentially ineligible or erroneous payments to Minnesota. This included approximately **$496,000** in improper assistance disbursed to **509 deceased tenants**.

This is part of a broader national review of roughly **$49–50 billion** in rental assistance (primarily Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Project-Based Rental Assistance programs), where HUD flagged about **$5.8 billion** (around 11%) as "questionable." Nationwide issues included payments to an estimated **30,000 deceased tenants** (with deceased recipients appearing in all 50 states), thousands of potential non-citizens, and over 165,000 cases exceeding local income or geographic limits.

Turner described the Minnesota-specific findings as evidence of "gross negligence" and a "lack of stewardship" under the prior administration, emphasizing that funds were pushed out with insufficient oversight, allowing improper payments while leaving vulnerable families underserved. He stated HUD is actively investigating, with boots on the ground in Minnesota, and intends to hold responsible parties accountable, potentially through recoveries, pauses on funding, or criminal referrals where fraud is confirmed.

The payments to deceased individuals likely stem from failures in data verification (e.g., not cross-checking against death records promptly) rather than intentional direct fraud in every case, though the scale suggests systemic vulnerabilities that could enable exploitation by bad actors (such as identity theft or continued claims by relatives/others). Similar historical HUD audits (e.g., from the Office of Inspector General) have flagged comparable issues with deceased tenants in housing programs, though not at this recent volume.

This revelation ties into wider scrutiny of Minnesota's handling of federal and state funds, amid separate ongoing federal probes into alleged multi-billion-dollar fraud in programs like Medicaid, daycare subsidies, and housing stabilization—often linked to organized schemes rather than isolated errors.

Your call for scrutiny, identification of those who processed the payments, and legal accountability is echoed in public statements from Turner and various reports. The current administration has positioned these findings as justification for stronger controls and efficiency measures (e.g., via initiatives like DOGE). Investigations are continuing, and more details may emerge as audits progress.

Henry McClure  
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