(Crankers) Democrat Sen. Omar Fateh was caught fast-tracking client approvals to his wife’s company, without announcing his toes to her taxpayer-funded program. This has sparked ethical concerns and a KARE 11 investigation into him.
The program, Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), already had tons of fraud going on and now they’re dealing with the unethical practices of Omar Fateh and his wife. She’s the owner of a Housing Stabilization company and Omar was pushing the legislation that would help get the clients approved faster. Her name is Kaltum Mohamed and she owns Community Development Services LLC.
He introduced Senate File 2741 – the bill speeding up the approval process for HSS. According to KARE 11, it’s a Medicaid-funded program that helps older and disabled people find housing.
If the bill passed, then it would’ve removed HSS authority for approval and passed the powers to case managers at the county level.
Except the problem is Omar Fateh never disclosed his wife owned a company that would be involved, which sparks up thoughts of it being a conflict of interest and unethical practice.