How a shelter contractor billed the city for empty beds
Invoices, inspection logs and occupancy reports tell two different stories about the same buildings.
The Short Version
- What changed
- A shelter contractor billed the city for empty beds.
- Who it hits
- People staying in the shelter buildings covered by the invoices and inspection logs.
- What happens next
- Any response from the contractor or the city will be added to this story and dated.
- What you can do
- Open the documents in the Paper Trail panel and read the invoices against the inspection logs.
Invoices, inspection logs and occupancy reports tell two different stories about the same buildings.
This investigation is built on 41 documents, listed in the Paper Trail panel below. Lampline matched the records against each other and reports only what the documents support.
Paper Trail 41 documents
- Invoices submitted by the contractor
- City inspection logs
- Occupancy reports
Where these records live: HPD Online, the housing code and inspection records; ACRIS, the city's register of deeds and property documents; and the City Council legislation portal, for hearings and votes. These links go to the systems where the records are filed, not to the documents themselves.
Part of the 41 documents on file for this story. Every document Lampline relies on is linked here in the published story. If a record cannot be published, the story says what it is and why.
What happens next
Any response from the contractor or the city will be added to this story and dated.
What you can do
Open the documents in the Paper Trail panel and read the invoices against the inspection logs.
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