Port Arthur Housing Authority violated competitive bidding, other stimulus rules, must return $725K federal stimulus grant

Port Arthur Housing Authority violated competitive bidding, other stimulus rules, must return $725K federal stimulus grant: "By Mark Lisheron
The housing authority in Port Arthur will lose the balance of a $725,546 federal stimulus grant for its mishandling of two low-income development projects.

In a report issued late last week, Gerald R. Kirkland, regional inspector general for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Fort Worth, is asking that the Housing Authority return $67,640 the authority already spent on the project." Don't hold your breath.