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Conor Murphy MLA said the collapse of Stormont had left departments struggling to control spending.

(Archived document, may contain errors) 1024 March 16, 1995 IMPROVING AMERICAS HOUSING BY SHUTTING DOWN HUD INTRODUCTION Members of the new Congress have begun to scrutinize the costly and counterpro ductive housing programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developmen t HUD This careful examination is long overdue. Although HUD has been criticized for many years, Congress until now has shown little interest in conducting a bottom-up re view of the agency or in questioning the need for its continued existence.

The city of Auburn has announced it will host two public meetings to collect input on distributing Community Development Block Grant funds.

Every year, the federal government spends billions of dollars on social programs that are intended to help at-risk individuals, who are vulnerable to poverty and dependence on government safety-net programs, achieve self-sufficiency. Leading examples include employment and training programs ($18.9 billion in federal spending in fiscal year 2019); substance abuse treatment programs ($10.5 billion in FY 2017); and recidivism reduction programs ($68 million in FY 2015).

The University of Southern Mississippi broke its silence on its role in the unfolding welfare scandal on Thursday after members of the faculty senate