The U.S. Department of Justice is carrying out a search warrant of the group that runs a problematic Orlando apartment complex.
Channel 9 has reported on numerous problems at Windsor Cove Apartments since last year.
Global Ministries Foundation, the company that owns the complex, is subsidized with tax dollars. The DOJ began a raid of Global Ministries Foundation headquarters on Wednesday.
Sen. Marco Rebio has been pushing the Department of Housing and Urban Development to pull funding if the owners don’t clean up the properties.
In a statement, he said Global Ministries Foundation will be held accountable for endangering the public health and safety of families.
"It's about time that federal investigators go after the slumlords at Global Ministries Foundation for stealing millions in taxpayer dollars and forcing residents across the country, including three Florida properties, to live in deplorable public housing conditions," said Rubio in a statement. "This investigation that I called for is just getting started.”
In November, code enforcement began fining Global Ministries $7,500 per day after an inspection found roughly 15 violations at Windsor Cove.
Some of those violations included new air conditioners installed without permits and problems with window screens, but most of the issues were inside the apartments.
Residents said they were constantly dealing with safety issues and fire hazards.
In May, Rubio urged the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to open an investigation into Global Ministries Foundation, a statement from Rubio’s office said.
The Senate passed legislation that included three amendments to improve the U.S. Department of Urban Development's oversight of public housing projects, the statement said.
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