Tip of the Iceberg?
Suspicions are high among both housing activists and state legislators that Griffin’s story is but the tip of an inscrutable iceberg in a housing agency that has lacked close scrutiny and accountability for many years. After Griffin’s home was searched by FBI agents, sources close to the case said agents were also investigating current TDHCA board members and agency employees. A second grand jury was recently convened in San Antonio to examine those allegations. In September, the state Sunset Advisory Committee postponed making a final decision on recommendations to reform the housing agency. According to commission chair Fred Bosse, information that was secretly brought forward concerning this year’s program allocations indicates that the agency’s promises to right itself may have once again proved empty. Bosse says the commission had been leaning toward merely placing TDHCA on probation, but now members were considering more drastic measures. “As we [learn] more and more [about TDHCA
