Program that helps low-income people save for homes, education scrutinized

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The city of Austin auditor’s office said a program that gave away hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars was not overseen properly and the “lax monitoring” may have allowed participants to take advantage of the program.
The Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department is in charge of handing out money as part of the Matched Savings Account (MSA) Program, which was started by the federal government in 2011. The department has doled out $300,