Multnomah County said it won’t renew its remaining contracts with the Rockwood Community Development Corporation, severing all of its ties with the homeless service provider amid a fight over its accounting practices.
Six weeks ago, the county said it planned to remove homeless families from Rockwood CDC’s Gresham shelter and halt payments for their room and board. Rockwood had sought reimbursement for unapproved expenses, double-counted costs, and charged for rooms that were closed for repairs, Multnomah County said.
Rockwood CDC founder Brad Ketch, a former technology executive, disputed the accusations and said that it was Rockwood that stopped accepting homeless families because the county owed it $1.1 million in overdue payments…