Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham has penned a letter to federal law enforcement officials encouraging them to reject “unsubstantiated findings” submitted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that accuse the Texas General Land Office of mishandling Houston’s Harvey flood mitigation dollars .
HUD escalated a complaint to the U.S. Department of Justice last week, claiming state officials had violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against the city’s Black and Hispanic residents by creating an unfair competition for disaster relief funds.
COMPLAINT ESCALATED: Justice Department asked to investigate Texas’ handling of $1B in Harvey recovery funds…