DeSantis' affordable housing director suspended pending investigation

[teach1st]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ affordable housing director has been suspended pending the outcome of an inspector general investigation, leaving the Florida agency leaderless as it prepares to assign hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mike DiNapoli, executive director of the Florida Housing Finance Corp., was placed on administrative leave last month, according to interviews the Times/Herald had with current and former state employees. The move comes less than six months after DeSantis chose DiNapoli to lead the organization.

A spokesperson for the corporation has not responded to multiple requests for comment, including the reasons for the suspension. The Times/Herald requested DiNapoli’s suspension letter, but the corporation has not released it.

DiNapoli did not respond to text messages and calls seeking comment. The suspension was first reported by the USA Today Network.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/08/07/desantis-housing-investigation-florida-affordable/

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[LiberalFighter]

1. DeSatan appoints the best and brightest.

[barbaraann]

2. What an evil bunch!

One of DiNapoli’s hires was Amanda Prater as the organization’s government relations director. Prater came from the Foundation for Government Accountability, a conservative think tank in Naples allied with DeSantis. Before that, Prater was chief of staff at the Department of Children and Families, where she resigned following the deaths of four small children whose safety had been on the agency’s radar screen.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/08/07/desantis-housing-investigation-florida-affordable/

[bronxiteforever]

3. Florida is rife with Desantis corruption. N/t

[PlutosHeart]

4. Watch where the money goes.

[republianmushroom]

5. A prelude, if, elected to the presidency ?

One down (?) many more to go.

[Midnight Writer]

6. When a DeSantis appointee is removed, you never know if it is because

a) they were dishonest and/or incompetent

or

b) they were honest and/or competent

[keithbvadu2]

7. Or not corrupt/dishonest enough.