Christine Rideout has been patient. After three years on a waiting list, she was approved for a Habitat for Humanity house. She and her 18-year-old daughter Alexandra have put in hours of their own time hammering on other Habitat houses and framing their own. ...more

June 27, 2008

HABITAT PROJECT HIT BY THIEVES ...more

June 26, 2008

Let's see if you can pass a fairly simple ethics test: ...more

June 19, 2008

A whistleblower whose allegations triggered a federal investigation into Hillsborough County's affordable housing office was fighting to protect her own multimillion-dollar, nonprofit company. ...more

June 15, 2008

A local nonprofit housing group, seeking to distance itself from Hillsborough County's troubled Affordable Housing Office, will turn down a $300,000 grant from the office. ...more

June 13, 2008

A federal investigation should determine the truth about allegations that several employees at Hillsborough's affordable housing office formed a company that could compete for office grants and tried to guide business to a firm owned by a worker's spouse. ...more

June 6, 2008

Federal investigators are looking into allegations that several current and former employees of the county's affordable housing office formed a corporation that could compete for grants administered by the office and tried to steer business to a real estate company owned by a spouse of one of the employees. ...more

May 28, 2008

Federal law enforcement agencies are investigating Hillsborough County's troubled Affordable Housing Office after an internal review revealed serious irregularities. ...more

May 21, 2008

The county's affordable housing department is under federal investigation, but the county won't say for what. ...more

May 20, 2008

Howie Carroll, the embattled director of Hillsborough County's affordable housing office, has been demoted but will continue working for the county. ...more

May 20, 2008