Report: CBP wasted millions on Ajo housing for agents [View all]
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection wasted millions of dollars, violated federal laws and ignored its own rules in spending nearly $17 million to build housing in Ajo for its employees, according to an audit by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General.
In a small former mining town where the average house costs $86,500, The CBP spent nearly seven times that — $680,000 per house — to build 21 two- and three-bedroom houses in 2012.
The CBP also spent about $2.4 million to buy 20 mobile homes that have mostly stood empty, a report by the inspector general found.
The Arizona Republic first reported on the overpriced housing in 2013, following up on a tip from a local reader. The audit by the inspector general confirmed the issues raised in that reporting.
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