Tenants In Government-Assisted, Low Income Housing Complex In Foreclosure Found Living In Squalor As Management Faces Allegations Of $600K+ Ripoff

In Edmonton, Alberta, the Edmonton Journal reports:

• Health inspectors found dead mice, bedbugs, mouldly walls, graffiti, blood-stained carpets and filthy hallways in low-income housing units run by the Amisk Housing Association, health records show. Inspection reports released by Alberta Health Services [...] show inspectors found the deficiencies around the same time that three directors allegedly took more than $600,000 from Amisk's publicly funded bank accounts.

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• Court records show that government funding agencies have alleged that Lawrence Thomas Willier, Mel H. Buffalo and Geordy Saulteaux were part of a board that managed the Amisk Housing Association and the Umisk Affordable Housing Society so poorly that health inspectors expressed concern about the state of the buildings, and banks started foreclosure proceedings. [...] Cheques and other court records show most of the money was withdrawn for "travel expenses." There is no evidence the expenses were substantiated or that any of the money was repaid.

For more, see Tenants lived in squalor, health records show (Three managers allegedly misused public funds earmarked for affordable housing).