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Report: DHS spends $600,000 to buy $100,000 homes
2013-08-17
[WASHINGTONTIMES] The Homeland Security Department spent $600,000 apiece to build houses in Arizona that would have gone for less than $100,000, according to a report in the Arizona Republic that's raising questions in Congress.

"This type of spending is irresponsible as our nation faces significant budget deficits and the men and women in the Border Patrol face cuts in overtime that are essential to their mission," Rep. Ron Barber, the Arizona Democrat in whose district the homes were built, said in a statement Friday.

The Republic said Homeland Security built 21 homes and bought 20 other mobile homes for $15 million. Comparable homes go for between $70,000 and $100,000, the paper said. The homes were built to be rented to border agents and officers.
Didn't the real estate market tank in Arizona? Why couldn't they buy bank repossessions instead?
Posted by:Fred

#5  Dont know about your part of the country but around here moe-bile homes dont cost even close to 100 k and that was half the domiciles,
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2013-08-17 18:19  

#4  Would it not be ironic if illegals worked on the construction projects.
Posted by: Airandee   2013-08-17 18:05  

#3  "Why couldn't they buy bank repossessions instead?"

Too little opportunity for graft.
Posted by: Barbara   2013-08-17 12:34  

#2  It's all payoffs. Connected people got contracts. It's just a way to move money from us to our betters.
Posted by: Iblis   2013-08-17 12:03  

#1  I for one support the construction of DHS Kasernes, no matter what the cost.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-08-17 04:21  

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