Fla.’s $1B homeowner aid program faces fed audit

I do not like Senator Nelson of Florida one bit, he’s a liberal, who’s pro-abortion, anti-gun, anti-American and pro-socialism. However, the stars have aligned, and I have to say that I agree with him on something. He’s tired of seeing money that has been set aside for helping homeowners NOT helping homeowners! So, he’s called for a federal audit of the Florida’s Homeowner’s Aid program that is currently sitting with 23% of the total allocation actually being used to see what’s going on. 

As of March 1, it said 9,052 homeowners have been approved for money, out of 44,854 that have applied. There are 11,953 applications currently in the review process. 

The program was announced in February 2010, but Florida was one of the last states to implement its plan, opening it statewide in April 2011.

A year ago, the inspector general criticized Florida for “significant delays” in implementing the program. The inspector general still had concerns six months later, which were outlined in an October report.

So at this point, the obvious question is, “So What?”. Senator Nelson is calling for the audit of a state program, granted money by a federal program which is maintained by a federal agency, of a federal government who doesn’t know how to manage money. What do we really think is going to happen here? I appreciate the efforts of the Senator in this instance, but I would rather everyone associated with this program to be given a pink slip and replaced by people who actually respect the people’s money.