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Investigators have shed light on the public housing system in Massachusetts, which seems to be mismanaging millions of taxpayer dollars without providing services to the needy.

The waiting list of 184,000 includes 56-year-old Deb Libby, who is facing eviction while undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Massachusetts has about 184,000 people on a waitlist for the state’s public housing. Yet a WBUR and ProPublica investigation found that nobody is living in nearly 2,300 state-funded apartments, with most sitting empty for months or years due to state and local mismanagement. Units have been vacant for years because the state implemented a flawed online waitlist system and has provided insufficient funding for staff and building repairs.

Massachusetts housing officials launched a new initiative to fill empty units in state public housing. The move follows a report by WBUR and ProPublica that uncovered nearly 2,300 vacancies statewide.

Families are stuck in shelters or sleeping in their cars while a flawed state selection process and meager funding for renovations leave apartments empty for years.

As Massachusetts grapples with a housing crisis, 184,000 people have applied for a home in the state's public housing system. Yet, units sit vacant for years because of the state's inefficient central waitlist and a lack of funding to repair aging properties.

The James Bond movie Licence to Kill ended up in a British censor battle due to violence, and it's not the first time Bond ran into this sort of problem.

The 1978 hit song "The Gambler" spawned a TV-movie franchise for Kenny Rogers.

Several actors have played 007's CIA acquaintance Felix Leiter in the James Bond films since the character was first recast for Goldfinger.

Roger Moore took over the James Bond franchise as 'Live and Let Die' premiered on June 27, 1973.