they didn t bother to announce it until more than six weeks later. a state official who was addressing the homeowner concerns about the building process, during an assembly hearing didn t even bother to mention that the contract with hgi was ending. when it finally was revealed, satellite officials wouldn t say why it was ending or who was taking over oversight of the housing programs. they said that hgi services were not needed now. the folks at the advocacy group fair share housing and the wall street journal have turned up some documents indicating there were, quote, performance related issues that led the state to cancel the contract. they said within seven months, hgi billed nearly $52 million which was 76%. they said the state still owes them more than $18 million of the $52 million total and is
hgi was ending. when it finally was revealed, satellite officials wouldn t say why it was ending or who was taking over oversight of the housing programs. they said that hgi services were not needed now. the folks at the advocacy group fair share housing and the wall street journal have turned up some documents indicating there were, quote, performance related issues that led the state to cancel the contract. they said within seven months, hgi billed nearly $52 million which was 76%. they said the state still owes them more than $18 million of the $52 million total and is trying to collect. that is $18 million of relief funding passed by taxpayers, meant to help victims of super storm sandy rebuild their homes. joining me now, heather has been covering this story for the wall street journal. this is a mystery. is it fair to say that the state s story about the termination of this contract has changed over time?
resign christie. at one point, members of the audience lost patience with the governor s explanations about hurricane sandy relief. why was hgi fired. why did you pay him $50 million? and why did you privatize why did you privatize most of the grant program? you didn t have to do that. i just disagree with you, okay. so you say we didn t have to privatize it. the alternative, the alternative is i m answering the question. well, there is a little bit of that stuff. let me go back to jonathan and back to katie quickly. so what. this guy is facing a lot of legal action here. he s got investigations with the u.s. attorneys in new jersey, maybe in new york. he s got the u.s. senate committee looking at this. of course the democrats controlling that committee down in trenton are looking in this. they re all lawyered up. all the people he has pointed the finger at called liars and called stupid. they re all lawyered up. this to me reminds me of watergate in this sense, in this sen
real. absolutely. if chris christie was testing a new persona yesterday, he got mixed reviews, even though he held an event in an area that has overwhelmingly supported his reelection in the past, there were still bumps in the road. for instance, a woman in the crowd held up a sign that read resign christie. at one point, members of the audience lost patience with the governor s explanations about hurricane sandy relief. why was hgi fired. why did you pay him $50 million? and why did you privatize why did you privatize most of the grant program? you didn t have to do that. i just disagree with you, okay. so you say we didn t have to privatize it. the alternative, the alternative i m answering the question. well, there is a little bit of that stuff. let me go back to jonathan and back to katie quickly. so what. this guy is facing a lot of legal action here. he s got investigations with the
held an event in an area that has overwhelmingly supported his reelection in the past, there were still bumps in the road. for instance, a woman in the crowd held up a sign that read resign christie. at one point, members of the audience lost patience with the governor s explanations about hurricane sandy relief. why was hgi fired. why did you pay him $50 million? and why did you privatize why did you privatize most of the grant program? you didn t have to do that. i just disagree with you, okay. so you say we didn t have to privatize it. the alternative, the alternative i m answering the question. well, there is a little bit of that stuff. let me go back to jonathan and back to katie quickly. so what. this guy is facing a lot of legal action here. he s got investigations with the u.s. attorneys in new jersey, maybe in new york. he s got the u.s. senate committee look agent this. of course the democrats controlling that committee down in trenton are looking in this. they re