Philly's Office of Homeless Services overspent, but no criminal charges given
The office was millions over budget, but no criminal issues were discovered in a preliminary investigation into the office.
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The office was millions over budget, but no criminal issues were discovered in a preliminary investigation into the office.
A review of Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services by the inspector general did not turn up any criminal activities, even though the review found OHS went over budget by millions
A preliminary investigation by Philadelphia Inspector General, Alex DeSantis, finds no criminal wrongdoing in the overspending of $15 million in Philadelphia's office of Homeless Services within recent years.
When the relationship was terminated, Farley blamed PFC for not informing the city it had created a for-profit arm nor that it had updated its terms of service, allowing people's personal data collected on its website to be sold. Both of these were issues were first reported on by the Inquirer. Farley also was bothered by the group's abrupt discontinuation of some COVID-19 testing services that had been run in partnership with the city for months, as reported on by WHYY. DeSantis' report said there were red flags that should have prevented PFC from becoming the city's leading vaccine partner,...