{"id":2233071,"date":"2024-04-29T19:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-homelessness-nonprofit-group-accused-of-mismanaging-240-million-of-taxpayer-dollars-irresponsible-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:33:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T23:33:02","slug":"san-francisco-homelessness-nonprofit-group-accused-of-mismanaging-240-million-of-taxpayer-dollars-irresponsible-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-homelessness-nonprofit-group-accused-of-mismanaging-240-million-of-taxpayer-dollars-irresponsible-2\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco homelessness nonprofit under fire for mishandling $240 million in taxpayer funds: &#8216;Negligent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-homelessness-nonprofit-group-accused-of-mismanaging-240-million-of-taxpayer-dollars-irresponsible-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2233071&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2062 summary discusses how a government watchdog group discovered \u200bfindings related to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-coalition-goes-after-charitable-fund-organization\/\" title=\"Activist Coalition Goes After Charitable Fund Organization\">specific organization<\/a>. The report indicates that the organization&#8217;s actions and practices were flagged by the watchdog. For further \u200cdetails and information, readers are\u2064 encouraged to click on\u200b the &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; button provided in the content. Your summary encapsulates\u200c the \u200dessence of\u200c the content efficiently, highlighting\u200c the discovery by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-distances-himself-from-his-biting-dog-only-makes-himself-look-bad\/\" title=\"Biden distances from biting dog, but it backfires.\">government\u2063 watchdog group<\/a> regarding a specific organization&#8217;s actions.\u2063 It\u2063 prompts readers to explore further details by clicking on\u2064 the &#8220;Read \u2064more&#8230;&#8221; button.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/watchdog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>government watchdog<\/a> group found that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>San Francisco<\/a> homelessness nonprofit organization was\u00a0guilty of being \u201ccareless and irresponsible\u201d with $240 million of taxpayer money. <\/p>\n<p>The report by OpenTheBooks found that HomeRise, which runs 1,500 units across 19 properties on a $34 million annual budget, had misused funds and engaged in practices that \u201cheightened the risk of fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s $240 million funding of HomeRise includes $110 million in loans to develop and upgrade properties, $90 million for operations, and more than $40 million in grants for support services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unclear exactly how much of the $240 million grants, loans, and subsidies was misused, but what is clear is that this company should never have been trusted with public funds,\u201d OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski said. <\/p>\n<p>The Mayor\u2019s Office of Housing and Community Development and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing hired Sjoberg Evashenk Consulting to conduct an audit into HomeRise after discovering discrepancies in their books.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-requests-probe-into-covid-19-benefits-fraud\/\" title=\"House GOP requests probe into COVID-19 benefits fraud\">auditors found<\/a> that HomeRise violated rules by using city dollars for fundraising, paying staff bonuses, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-schools-spent-the-190-billion-in-covid-relief-funds\/\" title=\"How Schools Spent the 0 Billion in COVID Relief Funds\">providing staff<\/a> with lunches and gifts. HomeRise gave staff signing bonuses, and auditors found one received an $87,000 (74%) wage increase in just nine months.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-homelessness-nonprofit-group-accused-of-mismanaging-240-million-of-taxpayer-dollars-irresponsible\/\" title=\"San Francisco nonprofit under fire for mishandling 0 million in taxpayer funds: 'Irresponsible\">nonprofit group lost millions<\/a> of dollars due to vacancies in its buildings, with two of its buildings in the Tenderloin district reportedly being about one-third empty. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City has a vested interest in HomeRise remaining a viable housing operator for its existing tenants and a developer of low-income housing in the future,\u201d auditors said.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the office of Mayor London Breed for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A San Francisco homelessness nonprofit, HomeRise, was criticized by a government watchdog for mishandling $240 million in taxpayer funds. 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