The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority decided in 2022 to privatize management of its federal housing choice voucher program that pays landlords who rent to people using federal housing assistance.
CMHA promised it would save $1 million a year by privatizing. But after three years of problems, the authority switched back to in-house service this year.
The housing authority didn’t save $1 million with the switch. In fact, it spent more, according to figures CMHA supplied to WOSU…