Troubled Asset Relief Program

Damning report finds state agencies wasted millions meant for struggling homeowners 

A damning new report from a federal watchdog shows that 19 state housing finance agencies wasted millions of dollars that should have gone to struggling homeowners as part of the government’s Hardest Hit Fund program. The report, published Friday by the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, showed that an investigation found that all 19 of the state housing finance agencies that participated in the Hardest Hit Fund collectively wasted money in some form.