The Minnesota Department of Human Services is seeking to terminate Housing Stabilization Services amid allegations of widespread fraud in the program intended to help people find and keep housing. The agency announced Friday that it is taking the unprecedented step to end the program.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services announced Friday that it would be terminating the Housing Stabilization Services Program.

Minnesota’s Department of Human Services is moving to terminate a Medicaid-funded housing assistance program after federal law enforcement announced it was investigating a “massive” fraud scheme