Western Southern says Cincinnati could face "tens of millions" penalty for misleading HUD

When it comes to Cincinnati City Council, you have to ask: is it incompetence or thievery (or both)?

Check this out - Anna Louise dispute escalates - Western & Southern: City, others made false claims

Western & Southern Financial Group has accused city leaders, advocates for the homeless and others of misleading the public and federal officials about plans to renovate the Anna Louise Inn.

Attorneys for Western & Southern, which wants to buy the inn and convert it to an upscale hotel, warned city officials in a letter that they could face tens of millions of dollars in penalties for making “false claims” to the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

WHAT??? Tens of millions in penalties???

The heart of Western & Southern’s argument is that city officials and the inn’s owner, Cincinnati Union Bethel, sought federal money to renovate Anna Louise without telling HUD the inn was intended to be a women-only facility.

Federal housing law generally requires facilities that receive federal dollars not to discriminate based on race, age or gender.

So HUD requires not discriminating based on race, age or gender, right? Here are some samples I found of HUD agreements.


See how they all mention gender?

So here's the City of Cincinnati's HUD agreement.


Wow! Looks like someone removed gender or sex from the agreement! Which would violate Fedearl Fair Housing laws? Resulting in possibly millions in penalties paid by the city, I mean US, THE TAXPAYERS?

Incompetence or thievery or both? I pick C.