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Beleagured Sanford Housing Authority Breaks Rules Again

SANFORD, FL-After being placed on two years probation by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for illegally spending $750,000 of federal funds, the four-member board refused to resign and instead worked out a deal in private with city commissioners to stay on until April 30. Sanford is 30 miles north of Downtown Orlando.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on April 13, 2001

SANFORD, FL-Apparently violating Florida’s Sunshine Law which mandates all government meetings be conducted publicly, the previously five-member Sanford Housing Authority refused to resign and instead worked out a deal in private with city commissioners to stay on until April 30.

Sanford is a blue-collar suburban community of 37,327 permanent residents 30 miles north of Downtown Orlando.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week placed the board on two years probation for illegally spending $750,000 of federal funds.

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