COVID Relief Dollars Fueled Dara Daugherty's Slum Empire | St. Louis
LLCs controlled by the woman the City of St. Louis has accused of running illegal rooming houses received nearly $19,000 in federal funds
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LLCs controlled by the woman the City of St. Louis has accused of running illegal rooming houses received nearly $19,000 in federal funds
Some multi-family complex owners cashed in on the SAHFR program even as they failed to provide basic maintenance and upkeep
Dara Daugherty was paid by the SAHFR program — even though she was housing people in condemned buildings
Some of St. Louis' biggest evictors also benefited heavily from the federally funded State Assistance for Housing Relief
As of the end of September, the state had awarded only 18% of the $323.7 million it received as part of the COVID-relief package Congress approved in December.